Most Read Articles for 2008
Jan 7, 2009 11:23 AM
These are the most read articles for 2008 from Broadcast Engineering.
January
Warner Bros. decision to drop HD-DVD support could spell the end for format
Jan 7, 2008 3:56 PM
Warner Bros. Entertainment said Jan. 4 it would discontinue releasing titles on HD-DVD format discs in May....
Proper SDI interconnect paths
Jan 4, 2008 10:26 AM
The term interconnect in the case of digital video refers to all the components in the path of the digital signal. Within the modern digital studio, numerous types of signals are interconnected, routed and processed; some are analog, but today, an increasing number are digital. Potential problems easily can be encountered when wiring a digital plant, but there are ways to identify and avoid them....
CNN clarifies complex caucus cavalcade with new ‘Magic Wall’
Jan 4, 2008 12:27 PM
CNN last night relied on a new multipoint touch-screen technology to make sense of the Iowa caucus for viewers....
Februrary
Digital file formats
Feb 3, 2008 8:12 PM
There are many different types of video and audio files in use today within the modern broadcast plant. Some of the more common file types take various forms when transported with their associated data....
DTV coverage won’t live up to promises, new study says
Feb 12, 2008 5:16 PM
A study released today from research firm Centris finds little continuous signal coverage 35mi from towers in three major U.S. cities....
Equipment vendors score for HD Super Bowl telecast
Feb 8, 2008 8:29 AM
Most of that credit goes to mobile production company Game Creek, based in Hudson, NH....
March
FCC allows DIRECTV and Dish to downconvert broadcast HD
Mar 24, 2008 8:22 AM
Satellite operators convinced the commission that they needed several years to prepare for a full HD carriage requirement....
Smart antennas
Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, ALDO CUGNINI
The analog cutoff is now less than one year away, and with that change will come new reception issues for terrestrial broadcast viewers. Although the...
Digital video quality control
Mar 1, 2008 12:04 PM
In today’s sophisticated digital broadcast chain, maintaining the quality of the received sound and picture has become more challenging than ever. As new receiving devices come into use, the variety and sophistication of the decoders expands, and with this the possibility of decode errors caused by encoding, or even the elementary files themselves, quickly rises. New testing methods are required to monitor and test the variety of signals, their paths and files in use today....
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