Of course you can.
You merely need to live in the USA. Own a Windows computer with an expensive version of the Vista operating system. Download an application called Microsoft Silverlight. And have a fast internet connection.
What could be easier?
Last night I got together with friends Derek and Mary. (And not ONLY because they have the right computer.) We watched the U.S. Women’s podium training. It worked. And the quality was EXCELLENT.
I’d love to be able to stream it on my Mac in the USA. But I get variously these two error messages.
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Leave a comment if you have a way to see the streamed or archived NBC video using a computer that does NOT meet the very stringent NBC requirements.
Mike “made up a U.S. postcode and cable provider” and got it to work on a Windows machine with Home Edition Windows XP.
UPDATE: All kinds of computers including Macs are streaming NBC in the USA. See the comments below.
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I thought the U.S. girls looked quite good in podium training. Except for Floor. You don’t want to “win warm-ups”. But a HIT routine should be very, very close. Rawles gives not nearly so generous an analysis.
Doubtless the team meet with China will be close. The best chance for a U.S. victory is consistency under pressure. How will the little Chinese girls feel once that arena is packed and deafeningly loud?
The Americans can easily handle that pressure.
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