Randy Hoffner

I was shocked and saddened to learn of the recent passing of a good friend and a pioneer of television stereo, Ron Estes.

Where did this strange parameter come from, anyway, and why do we need it?

Any reader who has been in the television broadcasting business for awhile is very much aware of the meaning of the expression, "The only constant here is change."

We continue to see rapid changes in the way television may be delivered to viewers, and some of the research on what interests viewers in this respect is revealing—even surprising.

As might be expected, there are some differences between U.S. HDTV and European HDTV.

Way back in 1990, the International Telecommu-nications Union's CCIR, or International Radio Consultative Committee, got a jump on audio for HDTV.

A German company developed a full television system that used over 1000 lines during World War II

New audio standards complicate issue

I held hopes that once the analog signal was shut off and KABC-DT moved to RF channel 7, I would be able to receive it off-air.

BTSC brought us television stereo and other sound services, and in the process, it spelled the end of the big TV set with the tiny little loudspeaker.

The 24 fps film format has been used on television since television began.

We are all aware that high-definition DVDs have been a long time coming, and as ever with A/V recording technology, two incompatible formats are vying for the hearts of consumers.

The 2K chip, as its name implies, has 2,048 horizontal mirrors and 1,080 vertical rows or lines, which permits mapping 1920 x 1080 HD images directly onto the pixel array

What is the relationship between resolving power, screen resolution and viewing distance from the screen?

Going digital has solved a number of the technical problems we had in the analog television era, but it has generated a few of its own.

Reading the recent World Trade Center remembrances from my colleague on these pages, Peter Prunty, brought to mind my own memories of One World Trade Center – the North Tower.

Throughput delay, commonly referred to as latency, is an inescapable consequence of using digital audio and video technologies.