[spears312]

I do know that at both the FL & Palmetto regionals (both NASA web cast) I spotted some small TV's with tape recorders, all of which had team numbers on them and were receiving the web cast feed. I never really had the time to take a good look at them, so I don't know how many TV's (or VCR's) the events A/V equipment can support. Never the less, I could imagine that since the A/V equipment will be out at the fields (and basically in the pits), and just the sheer number of teams, that they may be more strict on that sort of thing.

As for events which are not already web cast, I can't say much. I have never attended a event with no web cast so I don't know of the camera coverage or their policies for teams hooking up recording devices if camera coverage exists.

One down side to recording the web casts (especially this year with six robots), I could imagine, would be that you never get a constant full view of the field.