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Whats new in broadcast test and measurement

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The test and measurement product category continues to expand as the broadcast business itself diversifies. Notable recent developments include higher resolution displays and a gradually increasing number of analysers which, having detected a fault, endeavour to fix it. No sign at NAB 2011 of any tablet-based test and measurement equipment but perh...

Submitted by Bob Pank#

Published 01 July 2011

TSL PAM1-3G8 Review

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This unit from TSL has been in use by us for nearly a year. Its small and sleek and certainly looks professional, as you would expect from TSL. It sits at just 1U high, is not too deep and enables monitoring of 2x analogue, Embedded AES (16 channels) and Dolby E , however the Dolby E comes at a price due to it being an added option – I hate that, d...

Submitted by Bob Pank#

Published 01 May 2011

Post Production Ask The Experts

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IntroductionIt’s a familiar scenario: A client calls with an urgent transfer request. It may be a movie sourced at 23.98PsF that needs conversion for broadcast, and the client needs an HD version at 1080 50i with Dolby E audio and an SD program at 625 50i with PCM audio, as well. Or perhaps the content was shot at 1080 59.94i, but the client needs...

Submitted by Bob Pank#

Published 01 May 2011

BVE 2011 retrospect

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BVE 2011 had much of the buoyancy and buzz of an IBC. The organisers claimed an attendance of over 15,500 visitors and 240 exhibiting companies. Many of the UK-based stalwarts who make the annual pilgrimage to Amsterdam could be seen exploring the show, confirming that BVE is now taken seriously by mainstream broadcasters. It is perhaps over-optimi...

Submitted by Bob Pank#

Published 01 April 2011

Junger Audio Helps Broadcasters Get To Grips With 5.1 Upm...

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Television viewers who have invested in home cinema systems will already know how dreadful mono and stereo audio can sound when played through 5.1 surround sound speakers. Instead of being enveloped by carefully mixed 5.1 surround sound, viewers are, instead, subjected to unbalanced audio coming at them from unpredictable directions. This problem i...

Submitted by Dennis Lennie

Published 01 January 2010