Hawkeye technology turns tennis into a cartoon

Published Tuesday 8th July 2008 22:46 GMT Nail down your security priorities. Ask the experts and your peers at The Register Security Debate, September 24 2008. In those archaic days before tennis adopted the Hawkeye ball tracking system, the TV audience could have some fun with close line calls. Following a controversial shot, we'd receive a number of slow-motion replays from various angles and get to make up our own minds as to whether or not the lines person was a dolt. But, in the US at least, NBC has sucked away that precious privilege. Throughout its Wimbledon coverage, NBC relied solely on the animated Hawkeye replays when going over close calls. It refused to show the real-life slow-motion replay alongside the Hawkeye replay, giving TV spectators a chance to judge how good the technology really is. The argument... [read full story]