Feedback, February 2009
Now Hiring? Dear editor: After reading your editorial in January's issue, This too shall pass, it's hard to believe that the TV job market is going to...
Never say never
For years, analog NTSC just chugged along with relatively simple routing and switching requirements. The future-proofing challenge when laying out a new...
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Viewing the slowdown in 3-DAs we near NAB, we begin looking forward to the usual round of product launches and exciting new technologies. However, hanging over the broadcasting... |
Mobile finally in gear
Last month, the ATSC announced the elevation of its Draft Document A153, Specification for Mobile Digital Television, to the status of candidate standard....
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This too shall passHow's your station doing, economically speaking? Are sales above last year? If your station is like most other companies, times are probably tough. For... |
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Will sports coverage drive 3-D?Now I'm not a great viewer of sports on television, as I believe that sports are for participation, not for watching others participate. In my younger... |
Feedback, January 2009
Audio still an afterthought? Dear editor: I'm writing in regard to the December Understanding TV audio systems webcast presented by NBC's Jim Starzynksi...
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Bailouts and handoutsI'm typing with clinched teeth this morning as the news reports continue nonstop about the automotive industry's demand that taxpayers bail out its poorly... |
I hate to be the Grinch
Having spent the bulk of a career on the equipment supply side of the broadcast industry, I have been through a number of business cycles. One lesson...
Feedback
ATSC standards Dear editor: Regarding the September Transition to Digital column, DTV multichannel transmission, the master guide table (MGT) and the...
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Over the rainbow, there's interferenceYou may have read recently about the debate in the United States regarding white space in the RF spectrum. Although the debate is based on the recent... |
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Join the technology treadmillIn the last few months, the European Parliament has been debating a common approach to reaping the benefits of an analog switchoff (ASO), otherwise known... |
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Answer the phone!What will you be doing on the morning of Feb. 17, 2009? I'm guessing a lot of Broadcast Engineering readers will be answering viewer telephone calls.... |
What's in your TS?
For years, the mainstay tools of television engineers in stations and facilities all around the country have been the trusty waveform monitor and vectorscope....
Feedback, November 2008
Flying the not-so-friendly skies In response to your October editorial, IBC was great, minus the travel, you hit it right on the mark. I have been flying...
Feedback, October 2008
Recycling Dear editor: Your column in the September issue really hit home. I've been having some hardware issues, and I wanted to do just what that guy...
Pandora's box
Over the past century, broadcasting first radio then TV transformed the media landscape, providing what many consider to be the most efficient means by...
Content is king
Put the financial geniuses in charge of the asylum, and they will invariably come up with the worst of ideas that favor short-term, bottom-line results....
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Are 3-D and 3Gb/s the future of TV?Just back from IBC, I was analyzing the show. There is always a theme that stands out. In recent years there has been a buzz around mobile and IPTV. As... |
IBC was great, minus the travel
After enduring a 22-hour, door-to-door travel time getting home from IBC, I'm ready to endorse children-free airplanes. I was unfortunate enough to encounter...
