JOHN LUFF

Television engineers tend to think of the world as entirely digital these days. CCDs for image acquisition (digital capture), digital video recorders,

Since the invention of the hard disk there have been predictions that linear media, including video tape, will eventually disappear. Not even a decade

A look at the underlying technology of today’s new graphics platforms and the wide array of features and benefits available

It is clearly valuable to many stations and production studios to have hardware that can adapt to a 525 shoot today and a 1080 shoot tomorrow.

A look at the past, present and future of video storage. Which storage strategy fits your needs?

John Luff explains the process and history of archiving, and the reasons that archiving systems and good “digital librarians” are needed in the industry.

A look at the evolution of the post-production process

A look into what makes SDI monitoring so different

Video servers are not the same. This month's Technology in Transition column reviews the formats used by various manufacturers, key feature differences and best-fit applications.

Increasingly, production personnel expect that any format can be converted to any other

The four layers of storage in archival systems and their features

This month, let's look at production switchers from the standpoint of product life cycles. Every manufacturer looks at the four stages of product life

IT has changed the functionality of modern broadcast video servers.

It is no surprise that IT technology is increasingly penetrating broadcast TV operations. There are many reasons for this today, but when early broadcast

One thing about television: It is first and foremost an analog medium, even in its digital representation. Now that I have your attention, or ire, let

Wire, cable, and fiber hold your facility together; make sure they're properly installed

Capturing images has always started at the most elemental level in fact, all the way to elemental particles. For nearly 200 years, chemical photography

It's not hard to monitor video. What could be simpler? Plug a BNC video cable and RCA audio cable into a monitor, and glory be it works! There was a time

There are few places in modern video technology where technical complexity is higher than in video encoders. First, the purpose is to wring out of a running

New technology provides understanding for fundamentals, such as format and scan conversion.