DAVID AUSTERBERRY , EDITOR

The video engineer may be wedded to the waveform monitor and vectorscope, but the ultimate arbiter of quality is to view a picture monitor. Picture monitors

At a recent event, I watched a demonstration of a new video delivery service. On a large flat screen, highly compressed video showed all the usual artifacts

Headed to IBC? Even with five days, you'll be hard-pressed to cover all the sessions and the convention exhibition floor. However, to help readers get

Editor David Austerberry mourns the passing of the CRT as he crosses over to the dark side of LCDs.

This is the time of year to speculate about the upcoming NAB Show. Last year, it was dubbed the business class show because the aisles were wider, but

NAB is over for another year, and it was a very buoyant show. The new layout certainly helped to avoid overcrowding in the South Halls, as folks were

At a recent symposium on MXF developments in broadcast operations, I heard how those who have persevered with the format are now beginning to reap the

That's not to say I disagree with Marshall McLuhan; I'm using the word medium out of context. In the world of broadcast technology, media can also refer

SMPTE has chapters all around the world, but not in the UK. I concluded it had something to do with the Boston Tea Party, but that's not the case

It's been a long journey from Bwana Devil to but after three false starts, it looks like stereoscopic 3-D has finally arrived as a successful way to deliver

Prior to NAB, conversations I had with broadcasters and vendors opened with: Are you going? and What are you expecting the attendance to be? The optimistic

Editor David Austerberry explores the evolution of cameras and lenses driven by professional users

Fresh from the BroadcastAsia show in Singapore, I noticed while I was there that the conventioneers gravitated toward the local bars alongside the riverfront

Just back from IBC, I was analyzing the show. There is always a theme that stands out.

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

In the last few months, the European Parliament has been debating a common approach to reaping the benefits of an analog switchoff (ASO), otherwise known

It's April, and it's show time again! During four days of mayhem, we all try to catch what's new in the world of broadcasting and, in the words of NAB,

The editor discusses how television will adapt to new mobile and IPTV technologies

The editor says the time has come for television to relinquish its profligate use of spectrum and welcome the analog switch-off

I was reading the presentation made by NAB CEO, Edward O. Fritts, to the U.S. Senate committee on the switchover from analog to DTV. One of the issues

Talking to people over the last couple of weeks, the usual question has been, What did you make of NAB? All the comments were positive, a good sign surely?