Satellite TV at Burning Man

phil · Post by **phil** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:23 pm

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/co ... d=P4110014

Some post said it weighs 26 lbs, but who cares at Burning Man? You're not actually going to be lugging it around that much. It's worth it to get to see Reno 911 on the playa!

skygod · Post by **skygod** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:28 pm

I am repulsed by the idea,
but I can't look away.

phil · Post by **phil** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:49 pm

> I am repulsed by the idea,
> but I can't look away.

Have you noticed how many camps play video of prior burns, and there's a crowd of people standing around at Burning Man watching the whole thing on a TV set? I'm always floored by that.

Tiahaar · Post by **Tiahaar** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:31 pm

TV sets are evil hypnotists. Two years ago I went home for Christmas, my folks begged me to go to church with them. Main service was nice, usual seasonal hymns and all, for Sunday School they wheeled in a TV and put on a church educational video...everyone was staring at it like it was God. I smiled and walked out.

Camp behind us had a big RV pull in late in the week, big satellite dish propped up on top, half built shade pole thing out front...never did see anybody doing much outside, surely surely they weren't just indoors watching TV???

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:25 am

Tiahaar wrote:Camp behind us had a big RV pull in late in the week, big satellite dish propped up on top, half built shade pole thing out front...never did see anybody doing much outside, surely surely they weren't just indoors watching TV???

Perhaps it was The Dicky Winnebago, the sequel to The Dicky Box...

The CO · Post by **The CO** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:21 pm

I've never understood tv on the playa...

You can watch the idiot box the other 358 days out of the year. The stuff on the playa happens only out there. Why invest the time & effort of going to BRC to sit and spectate something you can do at home?

Dork · Post by **Dork** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:27 pm

Tiahaar wrote:Camp behind us had a big RV pull in late in the week, big satellite dish propped up on top, half built shade pole thing out front...never did see anybody doing much outside, surely surely they weren't just indoors watching TV???

We had a neighboring RV a couple of years ago with a dish set up outside, but they were there the whole week and had nothing set up in front of their RV besides the dish. I never saw anyone go in or out of the thing.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:01 pm

Two hours a day amount to 30, 24 hours a year..Do ya think??...

Tiahaar · Post by **Tiahaar** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:56 pm

Heh, how long before someone does a pirate playa TV station with roaming cameras; folks would never have to get out of their RV they could just lounge inside and watch BurningMan...at BurningMan

phil · Post by **phil** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:58 am

> how long before someone does a pirate playa TV station

I'm game. Let's set it up! I've seen guys walking along a street at BM holding a video camera pointing at their face doing a self-interview cum voice over of their experiences at Burning Man. We'd have _lots_ of video for the station to broadcast. :->

(And then there's all those guys sitting at intersections videoing the topless chicks.)

frenchblue1 · Post by **frenchblue1** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:10 pm

I was hoping they would have the new reality show at burning man so I could watch that this year.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:55 pm

frenchblue1 wrote:I was hoping they would have the new reality show at burning man so I could watch that this year.

COPS: Black Rock City!

(Cops is one of the few shows I think might actually qualify as reality television. Where else can you see someone who is being arrested for drug dealing attempt to take a cell phone call?

)

B.

phil · Post by **phil** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:10 pm

Black Rock City 911

I think we already have all the Officer Dangles we need. :->

dj_john69 · Post by **dj_john69** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:43 pm

I LOVE watching Minds Eyes videos when im trying to go to sleep after a long night of raving !!

Screw a fucking satellite tv at Burning Man. Grab your old betamax player and a tv and watch porn like the rest of us.

dragonfly Jafe · Post by **dragonfly Jafe** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:05 am

...several years ago there was a camp with a TV-like thingy being used as a fire-pan. A bunch of people were arrayed in front of it staring at the rosy glow, just as if they were watching their favorite late-night talk show....I thought the content was actually SUPERIOR to typical network TV.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:16 am

Just got a personal disc player for the work table.. IS there porn out on disc?

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:29 pm

For a while, this feed was what it claimed to be... free. It was recorded, produced, and broadcast from the playa. You could go to the website and watch the pods. Nt anymore, it seems.

Still touches on what this thread is about.

http://www.current.tv/pods/tvfreeburningman/LV00001

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:56 pm

Wait...

You might be able to watch them here, but I can't get it to work right now. Not sure why that is.

http://www.current.tv/burningman/

heidi · Post by **heidi** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:28 pm

Hi!
There have been a number of tv projects that I have heard of. Two rant stations in'98 & '02 channel 8 I think, Imfamous Channel 4 in '02.
The broadcast of the burn last year was simulcast in BRC part 15 on channel 3, home of playa-cam 3, a roving camera.
Most of these broadcasts are aimed at kids in RV's while mom and pop rave, and have very weak signals and weak progaming.
The coolest project I've seen was a butt cam in center camp. You looked into this oricle to see your butt on tv. There was this tv about 100 feet away with a bunch of people watching somebody wiggle butt on tv. :mrgreen:

midgetsonparade · Post by **midgetsonparade** » Thu May 10, 2007 5:26 pm

there have been tv stations on the playa. this was the pre fcc scare. i brought out a battery operated tv the year i heard about a tv station, but never found the signal...oh well, there is always youtube a few days after getting back from the playa

Satellite TV at Burning Man

Satellite TV at Burning Man

bring yer rabbit ears

yes