Never Mind 3D; What About HDTV?
TV Technology reported today that “Blu-ray’s share of the video-disc market shrunk to its lowest level in recent months, pulling in only about 8 percent compared to standard DVD movie […] 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
The E and Eye
“HDTV is ideally viewed at a distance of roughly three times the picture height.” That’s the sort of statement heard frequently — as recently as at last week’s HPA Tech […] More
Now That We Know What 3DTV Is…
In my post “This Thing Called 3D” I asked why all TV sets shouldn’t be considered 3D TVs: http://schubincafe.com/blog/2010/01/this-thing-called-3d/ There was no specific definition of a 3DTV, and all TVs […] More
Sivowitch Historical Engineering Award Notes
Panasonic 3D Camcorder: Show Us the Money
In the 3D-in-the-Home “supersession” at next week’s HPA Tech Retreat, one presentation is titled “Are You Nuts?” I thought of that at today’s Panasonic pre-NAB press conference. Let me emphasize […] More
3D Test & Alignment Chart
Cinematographer Sean Fairburn, “after 6 years talking about it,” has “spent 3 Days with DSCLabs.com designing a Complete 3D Alignment chart for use with Side by Side and Beamsplitter Rigs. […] More
More on 3D health issues
This time from a virtual-reality developer: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2813511.htm More
The Met's First Telecast
Here are some images from the Met’s first telecast, om March 10, 1940. First, the program: Next, NBC’s write-up, from a publication called Television’s First Year: Next a letter about […] More
"The" HDMI 3D Spec
Aldo Cugnini reported yesterday in Display Daily that HDMI Licensing released the 3D portion of HDMI Specification 1.4: http://displaydaily.com/2010/02/08/hdmi-licensing-group-releases-3d-hdmi-spec-to-public/ It’s available for download here: http://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/specification.aspx So is this “the” consumer […] More
Still More on 2D Glasses
Every Tuesday, the “Really?” column in the Science Times section of The New York Times explores an issue to decide whether it’s myth or fact. Today’s topic, by Anahad O’Connor, was, […] More