Video Systems March 2002ViewpointMaking a listCynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director I've started to form my expectations for NAB. It's still more than two months away, but already it seems likely that we will enjoy even more elbow room... FeaturesONE DAY IN FEBRUARYBY CODY HOLT
It's Day 5 of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. But to Coco Warner, KSL-TV's morning traffic reporter, it's “Black Tuesday”... ... When Old is New AgainBy Peter H. Putman, CTS The history of large-screen display technology is littered with the remains of companies that were certain they had invented “the better mousetrap” with such technologies as hybrid liquid crystal light valves...... IN SESSIONBY BILL MILLER
Editors are a species unto themselves, of the class Editorius and family Nochangestodayus. Imagine sitting in a dark cave with the glow from a video screen as your only companion — sometimes for 14, 15, 20 hours a day.... MPEG-4 MAKES THE SCENEBY PHILIP DE LANCIE What's in a name? In the case of MPEG-4, the acronym evokes an association with MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MP3 (MPEG-1, layer 3 audio), all of which are primarily concerned with video and/or audio compression. But while compression is an important element of MPEG-4, there's potentially much more to the new standard than codecs for bit-rate reduction. ...NAB 2002: A Buyer's Market
This year's NAB opens under the cloud that began gathering over the broadcast industry in 2001. The pressure has brought more mergers... ...NumbersMarch 2002 NumbersCompiled by Andrea Harden A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics.... ProductsProducts
Encoders, Converters & Compression Standards Converter By Snell & Wilcox Alchemist Platinum: This new version of Alchemist, a standards converter that... SolutionsRoom for ImprovementsBy Trevor Boyer At NY1 News, New York City's 24-hour Time Warner Cable news station, reporters shoot their own video. Despite its spartan use of resources, the station... Carrying the torch for New YorkBy Ann Muder Olympic torch ceremonies usually capture media attention, but the torch relay in New York City for this year's Winter Olympics held extra significance.... Selling soles with SeussBy Trevor Boyer Chris Conroy is used to shooting and editing video as creative director of Heartwood Media, based in Manchester, N.H. But for a national sales meeting... Banner year for installationsBy Trevor Boyer They certainly aren't among the NHL's finest, but the Atlanta Thrashers and the Tampa Bay Lightning at least have something to brag about. This year,... Driven by effectsBy Trevor Boyer It's hard to make a vehicle appear fast and powerful when it lacks an engine. GMC's new SUV-hybrid concept vehicle, the Terra 4, is currently just in... The CutSet to fly high?By Bob Turner On February 25, Media 100 announced the release of its new Media 100 844/X. This editing/compositing system features layered compositing performance on... web.videoPop open a cold oneBy Frank McMahon With the introduction of Windows XP and the poised-for-the-future initiative of the .Net plan, it would seem Microsoft's focus has strayed away from web-video... Audio TracksRetro soundBy Gary Eskow Are you willing to spend more than $100,000 on a digital audio workstation? In the mid-1980s, if you wanted to cut sound effects for major film releases... Reviews1 Visual Infinity Grain SurgeryBY S. D. KATZ Desktop compositing often requires combining digital elements and film backplates. To make the illusion seamless, film grain must be added to the clean... 2 Key Digital Systems Digital LeezaBY STEVE MULLEN is marketing-speak for producing in a manner that enables a production to be used in the NTSC marketplace now and later be upconverted for DTV. For most... 3 Focus Enhancements FireStoreBY TOM PATRICK McAULIFFE Once your shoot is done, logging and digitizing video footage in the edit suite takes hours. At least that's the way it used to be. If you need to capture... MusingsOne for the agesBy Cody Holt When Bud Greenspan goes to the Olympics, he doesn't see them in gold, silver, and bronze. Nor does he view them through the filter of any nation's flag.... SpotlightThe stories of their livesBy Darroch Greer Jerold Kress was a union story analyst for the movie studios for 20 years. He knows story backwards and forwards, as he says, but he's had enough of it.... InboxChristmas content kudos
I really enjoyed the article Evangelical Video (December 2001, page 106). It was very timely for the Christmas season. Seldom, it seems to me, are Christian... |
