Production
Standards are wonderful
A long time ago, equipment lasted longer than it does today. A TV purchased (in, say, California) in the...
NAB Show
NAB 2024 and the joy of new trainees
Defrosting the tiny, withered heart of the average technology journalist is a challenge at the best of times, especially...
NAB Show
NAB 2024: Triumph of the middle-end
There’s a certain imperative at trade shows to identify trends. It’s perhaps an attempt to sum up an event...
NAB Show
OLED? LCD? Fight!
It’s an interesting day when ten or twelve thousand dollars seems like a modest price for a video display,...
NAB Show
It’s not easy being screen
One of the first things we discover at NAB 2024 is that it’s tough being a waveform monitor in...
Production
Exploring LED colour quality: Is perfect blue possible?
As we sidle cautiously into the warmer months of the year, when both production and equipment companies are busiest,...
Distribution
Awesome new display technology
At the end of last year, reviews began to emerge of a range of displays from a company (or...
Post Production
2024 trade show season begins brightly
Everyone reading this will hear about the big announcements from the big trade shows, because big companies will spare...
Production
The pleasure and pain of portable zooms
There are probably people reading this who have long enough memories to remember 20:1 zoom lenses on small-chipped CCD...
Production
Small gear, big crew
Ah, trade show season, where intrepid camera specialists steal daringly into exhibition centres like Indiana Jones on the hunt...
