Arsenal fans could catch replays, live action on Sony's PSP

As we're confident that you know, one of the biggest downsides to catching an event in-stadium is the inability to see instant replays. Oh sure, a few venues play back sequences for the fanatics in attendance, but you'll still get a much better angle from the comfort of your own couch. English soccer club Arsenal is hoping to remove that obstacle from fans' minds by testing out an instant replay system with Sony's PSP. In theory, at least, a Sony-developed application would enable patrons to "watch live streaming video of a game, along with data and statistics, and provide the ability to watch near-instant replays." 'Course, we've already seen Bluetooth added to venues and a similar system as this installed at Safeco Field, but we still envision this being a hit if it's really rolled out within 18 months as planned.

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[ALBGunner04 Posted Jan 22nd 2009 1:01AM]

Haha same here I thought of Emirates right away!

And Arsenal is not dead. It's been going through rough patches, but we're going strong now. I just wish we could straighten out our injuries. We need Rosicky, Fabregas, and Eduardo back.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 21st 2009 6:06PM]

Saw this at a sony hq a year or 2 back. The engineers said they will stitch 2 HD cameras into the 2 picture (1 on each half), and have up to the second match facts. I think they were talking about renting the psp consoles inside the stadium, but i dont know how they would police the fans running off with them!

[Sepirioth Posted Jan 21st 2009 7:44PM]

GO GUNNERS!

[ChrisMav Posted Jan 21st 2009 9:47PM]

You chat shit Kris, AIG cancelled the sponsorship deal because of the financial trouble they are going through.

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Its football not soccer

kthnx

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 22nd 2009 5:06AM]

too bad wifi hasn't worked inside the stadium for about 8 months. I used to use my iPhone for live betting - now you can connect but no data can be transferred. Didn't they talk about this about a year ago?

[d3bing Posted Jan 23rd 2009 5:52AM]

I've seen this system, it's unbelievable brilliant.
You can even see replays in different angles and in slow motion. And it's FAST, the application is very smooth.

Too bad this has been promised to roll out a long time ago. I hope they can make it faster, changes the way you see a game.

[Eddy120876 Posted Jan 22nd 2009 1:12PM]

"Mav @ Jan 21st 2009 9:47PM
You chat shit Kris, AIG cancelled the sponsorship deal because of the financial trouble they are going through.

&

Its football not soccer

kthnx"


To mav, One cannot claim to be a real fan of a sport if we don't know is roots and what does roots have sprout so to say that soccer is not football then you are not a real fan.



p.s AIG is canelling once the season is done for.