NBA to create huge digital archive

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This sounds great. Then almost anyone in the world could access the NBA and any NBA games. No more recording from the VCR and uploading for 5 hours to the internet. Wait til the mixmakers get ahold of hit.

If the project, which could take as long as six years to complete, goes as planned, fans should be able to get their hands on clips of just about any hoops moment they want, and even create their own personalized video reels.

The NBA won't wait until the whole thing is done, and could start rolling out bits of the project as early as next year, but it's not yet clear how the league will charge for it. Hellmuth speculated that NBA fans could pay for the right to compete to create the best custom highlight reels, which they would upload to NBA.com. He said it was also possible that fans could pay for the right to sift through the archives and create personalized content that they could then burn onto DVDs on their own computers.

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"I (might) want to see the three times (Milwaukee Bucks Hall of Famer) Oscar Robertson fouled out with less than 10 seconds left," said SGI's Estes. "Just as a fan, to bring fans into the game, it's just amazing. And from a business standpoint, this allows the NBA to monetize" its archive.

wow imagine all the great reggie miller moments with the 3s less than a minte left in the game!

this sounds really good
they probably going to have a few terabytes all together.

Wow, that's insane, but great for the fans and NBA lovers. I'm definitely going to look at the old stuff, the early 80's, the Kareem and Wilt times, etc.

Edit: Of course, I'm not going to pay for this.

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That's great. It sucks that you got to pay I don't have money for it.

Yeah once 6 years have passed, I'd pobably have forgotten about this.

I dont care how much this will cost, I will be subscribing the moment this opens up.

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Said the mentally retarded Mr. Burns. (j/k)

Sounds like a cool project. Shame it won't be free, but I think I might be persuaded to cough up the cash.

Sounds like what they're doing for the NFL. And it's awesome.

I dont care how much this will cost, I will be subscribing the moment this opens up.

Same, it sounds brilliant.

Sounds great. Hope it'll be affordable at least or people can get trials and whatnot

who wants to split a password

i can see it now... me and 10 mates putting in $2ea or watever to get it lol

Nice. NBA is leading again over the NFL and MLB.

fans should be able to get their hands on clips of just about any hoops moment they want, and even create their own personalized video reels

Just think of all the Shaq-Kobe highlights that would be made!

Nice. NBA is leading again over the NFL and MLB.

Actually the NFL started this kind of project a year or two ago. I remember seeing the commercials. They're doing it with IBM if I recall correctly.

who wants to split a password

i can see it now... me and 10 mates putting in $2ea or watever to get it lol

thats a nice idea

oooh, this is great

Glen Rice, Mitch Richmond, John Stockton, Grant Hill, Loy Vaught, Cedric Ceballos, Hakeem, Penny....hopefully it won't be the standard $25.

Will there be whole games available or only bits of them?

i think whole games, not too sure though.

This is crazy. But I think a couple days after this thing comes out it will be hacked/cracked anyway so I'll see if we really have to pay for it. If so, I'm still willing to though..

Will there be whole games available or only bits of them?

it sounds like whole games, but can be broken up if you wish sort of like chapters in a dvd

im gona order some Sacramento vs Charlotte games (Richmond vs Rice)

As long as the price isn't obscene...(I'd think 9.99 per month or something would be fine.) I'd go for it.

Silicon Graphics- better invest some stock in them...

lol you cheapasses- it costs $40 to attend a nba game (standing room only). to have access to any NBA game that was televised and only pay that amount is well worth it.