Jim DeFilippis
im DeFilippis is CEO of TMS Consulting, Inc. in Los Angeles, and former EVP Digital Television Technologies and Standards for FOX.
Latest articles by Jim DeFilippis

Upconversion Today: What Does Resolution Really Mean?
By Jim DeFilippis Published
How do today's TV sets make pictures look better than they should?

SDI vs. IP: Packet to Packet
By Jim DeFilippis Published
This is the second installment of a contribution from Jim DeFilippis on SDI versus IP. For Part 1, see “Which Switch is Which?”

Time Code for the Ages
By Jim DeFilippis Published
If you’ve spent more than a microsecond in TV, you know something about time code.

A New Day Dawning... HDR Delivery
By Jim DeFilippis Published
My last post introduced High Dynamic Range (HDR) concepts and some background to the technology.

The Lip-Sync Problem That Won’t Go Away!
By Jim DeFilippis Last updated
So we’ve all been there, watching a TV show and the actor’s lips are moving but the words are just not coming out at the right time.

Video-Over-IP: AIMS, ASPEN Compared
By Jim DeFilippis Published
As 2015 was wrapping up, new developments in IP transport of live uncompressed (or mezzanine compressed) video have compelled me to continue on with this theme of video-over-IP.

12 Gb SDI Cost, Cables and Capabilities
By Jim DeFilippis Published
Let’s look at what 12 Gb SDI can do today.

Does Video Need to Go Faster?
By Jim DeFilippis Published
We’ve all heard the 4K hype of Mo’ Better Pixels, but what about frame rate?

Brightest Brights, Darkest Shadows…. HDR
By Jim DeFilippis Published
Who could argue from a creative perspective or from the viewer’s perspective, the ability to capture and delivery stunning video imagery with a dynamic range far in excess of the current HDTV system.

Do We Need More Audio? A Primer on Immersive (3D) Sound
By Jim DeFilippis Published
Immersive audio goes beyond 5.1 surround sound and uses more channels to create the sensation of height (sound above). Where this gets interesting is, how many more channels?

SDI vs. IP: Which Switch is Which?
By Jim DeFilippis Published
SMPTE 2022 has been around for a while and gee, IP switches that can do 10 or 25 Gbps are available, with 40 Gbps just around the corner, so why not?

The Challenges of OTT
By Jim DeFilippis Published
As OTT viewership has increased, internet limitations have become bottlenecks. T
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