Latest articles by ALDO CUGNINI
Technology Seminar - Monitors
While several manufacturers still market CRT displays, the requirements for critical video evaluation are being met by more LCD units. Some of the enhanced
Maintaining lip sync
The problem of lip sync, or A/V synchronization, continues to daunt the most sophisticated video operators. While various technical working groups continue
Implementing MPEG-4
In recent articles, we've discussed variable bit rate (VBR) encoding and multiplexing. This month, we'll look at MPEG-4, and how it can work with both
Digital conversion
Aspects of format conversion have been known and appreciated for some time, due to the frequent need to convert between different video standards. Many
Get connected
Learn how to properly connect video devices to ensure maximum performance and quality.
Sound connections
Get the maximum performance and quality from your digital audio interfaces.
Tame those artifacts
While we all know that compression causes artifacts, just how much do you know about what causes them and how to reduce them? While the occurrence of
Compression toolkit
Many video operators probably take the operation of the various processing devices in the video chain for granted, especially as they affect the video
Digital audio
Last month, we looked at some of the audio processors used in today's digital broadcast plants. This month, we'll dig a bit deeper into multichannel audio
Compression tech
The ubiquity of compressed video brings some interesting challenges to broadcasters transmitting video programs. One of these is an increasing tendency
Monitoring networks
With broadcasting shifting to digital facilities, maintenance of operations is becoming more of an exercise in managing information technology. The lines
Digital audio processors
Signal processing for analog broadcast is a combination of two functions: control of perceived sound (for competitive advantage), and meeting FCC constraints
Smart antennas
The analog cutoff is now less than one year away, and with that change will come new reception issues for terrestrial broadcast viewers. Although the
ATSC compliance
For many years, compliance in the broadcast industry has meant conducting a successful FCC proof of performance, and the technical requirements for compliance
Internet TV
Here’s a look at the technologies behind content distribution over the Internet.
Multiplexing
Bandwidth is expensive, so combining multiple digital signals into a single stream is desirable, but complex
Video for mobiles
According to a study released earlier this year by the NAB, broadcast television could reap an additional $2 billion in revenue by 2012 by delivering
Managing lip sync
Technological progress often seems to occur haltingly: two steps forward, one step back. With the advent of digital processing, video processing began
Streaming video
Today, content producers no longer have a captive audience of local TV screens. Their content is likely to be viewed by anyone with an Internet (or even
The IPTV picture
IPTV is said to be what you want, when you want it, or essentially video on demand. It evolved as a way for owners of the telephone system infrastructure
