Randy Hoffner

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

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

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

A lot of television technology has come and gone since 1985, and we will take a quick look at some of the high points in those two decades.

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

These won't be broadcast or put on cable any time soon, but those in front of SMPTE are intended to be used in digital cinema capture.

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.

We interrupt the series that has been running in this column on "ultra resolution," to bring you a message about what's going on in television today.

Although there is little equipment supporting it available, the interest in 1080p/60 as a future scanning format has been high enough to result in a SMPTE standard for an interface to accommodate it.

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

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."

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.

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

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.