Satellites Are Really Old
Here’s something to ponder: Why is Galileo called Galileo? Other great astronomers and scientists are known by their last names: Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, etc. Tycho Brahe is known by his […] More
Mark Schubin
Mark Schubin ranks among the best of the best television engineers today. He brings more than 40 years experience to every production along with a wealth of television history and lore. A consultant now to many large communications companies both here and abroad he took time out from his busy schedule to talk to us about the production of an opera produced in 720p with the Panasonic production truck, the same one used for many of the ABC produced Monday Night Football games. Mark talks about some of the characteristics of HDTV which differ from the older standard.
Recent Posts by Mark Schubin
3D: The Next Big Thing?
The annual Tech Retreat of the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) is where many new technologies get introduced. Sony reportedly “introduced” its F65 camera and SR-memory technologies at this year’s exhibition […] More
The Blind Leading
Once upon a time, people were prevented from getting married, in some jurisdictions, based on the shade of their skin colors. Once upon a time, a higher-definition image required more […] More
The First Holographic Video
The originally posted version of “The Best 3D Conference” indicated an apparent conflict between Mark Lucente’s and Michael Bove’s statements about the beginnings of holographic video. Lucente has pointed out […] More
World Opera Project Needs Help
Those of you who follow my activities know that one of them is discussing how, over the course of the last four centuries, opera helped create the modern media world: […] More
Y4K?
What should come after HDTV? There’s certainly a lot of buzz about 3D TV. Such directors as James Cameron and Douglas Trumbull are pushing for higher frame rates. Several […] More
The Best 3D Conference
Do you think you know something about stereoscopic 3D? Test yourself with the six basic journalistic questions: who, what, when, where, how, and why. Who wrote the first article on […] More
The Reversal: Codecs & Capture at NAB 2011
It is common at the annual equipment exhibition of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention to find products that are smaller, lighter, less-expensive, and better than what came before. […] More
How Good Is Good Enough?
As usual, there were many new, useful products announced at this month’s annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in Las Vegas. As usual, there were also many […] More
Engineering Emmy Investigations
The Engineering Awards Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has voted to investigate 17 technologies for possible Emmy-award recognition. The fact that investigations are taking place […] More