On August 7, 2018, the television industry saw the passing of a true technology icon, Dr. Joseph A. Flaherty, at the age of 87. Television viewers around the globe are still benefiting from the technology innovations of Joe Flaherty. More
At the University of Virginia, the department upgraded its live video production workflows to high definition, it chose 10 HDTV cameras from Hitachi Kokusai to provide the image quality and rich features it sought to meet both immediate and future needs. More
Something extraordinary happened at this month’s annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas. Actually, it was more a number of product introductions — from seven different manufacturers — adding up to something extraordinary: the continuation of the B4 lens mount into the next era of video production. Perhaps it’s best […] More
Annual Technology Year in Review recorded at the 2015 HPA Tech Retreat, Hyatt Regency Indian Wells, CA February 11, 2015 Direct Link (13 MB / 10:36 TRT): Technology Year in Review Embedded: More
A few weeks ago I worked on an event television production in New Jersey. Last week I was at the HPA Tech Retreat in California. Yesterday I attended Panasonic’s pre-NAB press conference in New York. What do the three have in common? They made me wonder when we will make the transition to HDTV. […] More
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 pixels on the image sensor and higher-quality optics. Actually, we still seem to be living in the era indicated by the second sentence above. At […] More
DNA, Finland’s largest cable TV operator with a 43 percent market share, has signed a new agreement with Ericsson that will make the HDTV experience available for 60% of all Finnish digital terrestrial TV households by 2011. The move will make Finnish households among the first in the world to have HDTV through their existing […] More
Conventional wisdom for HDTV viewing is to sit 3.16 times the picture height away from a TV set. But are optimum-viewing-distance theories correct? Mark Schubin this week dives into some of the less-than-clear issues surrounding where to sit relative to the size of an HDTV set. Click here to read the full article or visit […] More
“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 Retreat. And there seems to be a basis for it. According to the eye chart commonly used to determine visual acuity, 20/20 vision can just […] More
Sony announced more than 38 HDTV models at its Consumer Electronics Show press conference in Las Vegas Wednesday, but the focus of the show was on 3D. Various 3D products were previewed throughout and Sony was announced as the official sponsor of ESPN’s new 3D network. The Bravia LX900 led the way for Sony with […] More
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