Talk:Hawk-Eye

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Hawk-eye is unreliable in the extreme. This must be emphasized.

I disagree with the previous comment. Extensive testing on Hawk-Eye show that it is very accurate at plotting the true trajectory of a cricket ball. The only contentions issue is its predictive capabilitites after a ball has struck the batsman. "Neutrality" hardly seems an issue.

It has been known to show the ball going in entirely the wrong direction, showing a googly as a leg break, even though the ball had clearly begun to spin as a googly before it hit the batsman.

First of all, people on this page need to learn to sign their comments. On the substance, I do not understand what is disputed here. The author of the first comment did not provide any evidence or even references to back up the statement that Hawk-eye is unreliable. I wantch all major tennis events on the TV and not once have I heard any suggetsion that it was unreliable.BorisG 12:26, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Microchip

Is the information on the micro chip in tennis balls corrrect? I can't find info. on it on Hawk-Eye site. --84.92.136.183 14:53, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I also find that claim rather odd - as it goes against the basic visual trajectory tracking principal on which hawkeye was founded. I think we definitly need some verifiable sources / citations for it, or else we should consider removing it. Triponi 10:33, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I also find the claim that "The use of Hawk-Eye in tennis uses a unique microchip system that is fixed on a wire frame inside the tennis ball" extremely hard to believe. And I was also unable to verify it. So I've removed it from the article. - dcljr (talk) 06:10, 16 July 2006 (UTC)