Official History
My latest historical paper, on watching live remote baseball games for 50 years before television, was just published in the Proceedings of the IEEE. My previous historical papers for them were […] 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
Happy to Be an Opera Engineer
October 2017 marks my 45th consecutive year as (freelance) engineer-in-charge at the media department at the Metropolitan Opera. That’s a long time to work for a company, but it’s not […] More
Call for Presentations at the 2018 HPA Tech Retreat
It’s time to get back into the grind and to consider the Hollywood Professional Association’s upcoming technology event. The 2018 HPA Tech Retreat will take place February 19-23 at a […] More
Schubin Cafe: NAB 2017 Wrap-Up
NAB Wrap-Up SMPTE Bits by the Bay Conference Chesapeake Beach Resort Recorded May 24, 2017 TRT: 38:24 More
Hollywood & Manufacturers Team to Offer Free Eye Surgery
The Hollywood Studio Alliance and the Consumer 4K Coalition announced today that for at least one year they would offer free eye surgery to purchasers of a 4K TV and […] More
Breaking the Pictures Barrier: Why Television Research Began in 1877 (and why no one knows it), SMPTE Long Island Sub-Section, MultiDyne, Hauppauge, New York, March 28
SMPTE Long Island Sub-Section Meeting MultiDyne, 10 Newton Place, Hauppauge, New York 11788 Tuesday, March 28, 5:30 pm networking, 6:00 pm program The event is free, but registration is requested. […] More
The Polish Polymath Who Came Up With Television For Opera – In 1878
His name was Julijan Ochorowicz (though his first name was also spelled Julian or even Julien), and he was, among other things, a scientist, engineer, mathematician, inventor (credited with […] More
"What the H? Did Pittsburg Give Us Our First Letter?" 2017 HPA Tech Retreat, Hyatt Regency Indian Wells, CA, February 24
In 1957, a plaque commemorating “Hollywood’s Golden Jubilee” was dedicated by the mayor of Los Angeles, but everything about it was wrong. Was Hollywood actually born in Pennsylvania? Sixty years […] More
Hoaxes?
On Saturday night, 2017 January 7, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences bestowed Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards on Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks, the Institution of Engineering and […] More
I've Looked at "Lynn" from Two Sides Now
I was shocked and dismayed to read in The New York Times that in its opening weekend Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk “took in a breathtakingly low $930,000 at 1,176 theaters.” Maybe it […] More