UHD Post-Part 2 The Signal By Jay Ankeney The Broadcast Bridge With ATSC 3.0 poised to change the broadcast industry’s basic signal, we need to understand this signal is poised between HD and true 4K. The way the UHD (Ultra High Definition) evolution has rolled out, its specification is so broad there is…
This is amazing indeed. You might enjoy watching figure skating even more now… Every single movement is stored separately and then complex routines are created by re-wiring circuits in the brain. Which are, in long terms, the benefits of re-wiring the brain?
Television is an illusion, there are no moving pictures and today’s broadcast formats are heavily dependent on the decisions engineers made in the 1930’s and 1940’s. In this article we look at video lines, why we still need them, and how they relate to video frames. A television image is made up of video frames,…
See you at #ISE2018! By Michael Garwood 29 January 2018 AV Technology’s Margot Douaihy discusses the value ISE provides to the AV industry and why it’s anything but just another ordinary AV trade show How do you map the best route to your destination when the road takes unexpected turns every day? Therein lies the…
Surviving the Early Adoption to IP by Gary Olson, GHO Group The broadcast TV industry has endured many technological changes. The move to IP is but the latest challenge for engineers. Image: YouTube. Broadcasters now find themselves on one side of a digital gap. On one side we have SDI, the other…
A little food for thought It’s a heavy night in the kitchen, orders are piling up faster than the dishes in the sink. ‘Chef, I need one rice. And I need some stock, some onion, a bit of garlic, a few mushrooms, some parmesan and a sprig of thyme’. The chef pauses. ‘So, er, you…
Consumers worldwide spending fifth of daily life devouring video Joseph O’Halloran | 10 January 2018 Worldwide TV viewers are hooked on entertainment, spending on average four hours a day watching video, and are building à la carte entertainment experiences that work best for them, a TiVo survey has revealed. The survey from the entertainment technology…
By Kent Bye Jaron Lanier is a pioneer of the first commercially-available virtual reality systems with his VPL Research Inc startup that was founded in 1984. He has written a memoir called Dawn of the New Everything about his life leading up to and during his transition from a country hippie hacker to a over-stressed…
For us at Xpresso, the New Year is a time of inspiration. So many opportunities. So many challenges. So many new people to meet. So many things to achieve – like the launch of our new web site. It’s not just at New Year, though. At Xpresso, we thrive on inspiration every day.…
May you all have a nice break with your family and friends. Wishing a lovely Christmas and a great start in 2018!