Drones and VR Drive Consumer Tech January 18^th 2016 - 11:00 AM

Well-established technologies including smartphones, televisions and laptops will continue to drive US retail revenues and lead to one percent industry growth in 2016, according to the CTA (Consumer Technology Association), which owns and produces the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). While these categories – together with tablets and desktops – account for 51 percent of the…

RF Over Fiber Provides Many Benefits For Wireless Audio Applications December 29^th 2015 - 12:05 PM

Using fiber optic links to interconnect RF for wireless microphones offers many benefits. Clean signals, much longer interconnect distances and easy build-out are among the advantages an RF-over-Fiber solution can bring.

Live News Can Be Dangerous December 24^th 2015 - 10:00 AM

You don’t have to be a TV broadcaster for long to learn that lights, cameras and call letters can be fruitcake magnets. Several times in 2015, misfits turned local TV news into national news. This dangerous trend illustrates the escalation of illegal activities interrupting the otherwise controlled chaos of live l…

Creating Video Looks Using Camcorder Image Adjustments December 23^rd 2015 - 04:00 PM

Some who shoot RAW using a digital cinema camera claim those who shoot with a video camcorder must live with the camera’s built-in look—a look designed by engineers in Japan. They also claim when you shoot with a digital cinema camera, during color grading you are able to “desig…

The Cost of Live Video Streaming Falls, Allowing Virtually Any Organization To Become a Broadcaster December 18^th 2015 - 01:50 PM

It has long been known that video drives viewers to websites. But live streaming video was often too expensive for modest news and information outlets, forcing them to rely on video content provided by other sources. Now, the cost of streaming has fallen, making it possible for virtually anyone to…

Camera Lenses Part 7: Determining Image Quality Requires More Than Just Counting Pixels December 17^th 2015 - 07:00 AM

In previous articles, John Watkinson argued that the concept of static resolution has been shown not to be a useful metric for moving pictures. In short, pretending that some quality of a still image tells anything about motion is absurd, and leads to flawed ideas like high line or pixel…

Drones Capture Video Like No Other Technology December 10^th 2015 - 05:00 PM

When it comes to capturing aerial shots, nothing can beat a drone flown by an experienced pilot working along side a good photographer. Newbies to the technology benefit from learning by those already up-to-speed. Read on.

US UAV Regulations Attacked Before Take Off December 10^th 2015 - 12:05 PM

With hundreds of thousands of hobbyist drones expected to arrive as gifts this holiday season, the race is on to put some kind of regulation in place to mitigate the rising number of near miss air incidents recorded this year.

Passion, Planning, and Duct Tape December 1^st 2015 - 09:00 AM

Live TV field production of one-off sports events is an open invitation for surprises of all kinds. The show must go on and it’s the worst possible time for drama. It’s a good fit for passionate engineers who thrive on winning and enjoy alternating bursts of despair and adr…

A Primer on Virtual Versus Augmented Reality Technology November 30^th 2015 - 07:00 AM

Unless you’ve been sleeping, it’s hard to miss all the recent hype about technology that takes us to alternate realities. It began in the world of video gaming, has attracted major investors and is now positioned as “the next big thing” in the world of must-have gadgetry.