Mario Orazio

You might not have noticed, but… some things ain’t worth protectin’.

How can you possibly keep pace with algebraic leaps in next-great-invention bitrates?

These days, light-years away from the technologies of my youth, there’s a different gawd-awful, annoying TV buzz: the high-frequency buzz induced by marketers spinning the ATSC 3.0 feature set.

Felicitazioni! The new year is about to begin; your equipment budget’s been planned, and now you’re stressed out about parting company with all that cash.

So I’m shoppin’ for accessories for that sweet little helmet-cam I just bought to record all my pie-eating triumphs at the annual Festa San’ Guido.

You might not have noticed, but… reliability don’t come cheap.

You might not have noticed, but… these days, things are lookin’ down. Literally.

You may not have noticed, but I’m a pretty spiritual character. And I’ve just returned from a retreat.

Two mainstream, trusted camera-makers with a host of choices between them. Big sensors abound, and you're the winner

The rap is that innovation is no longer happening in the teevees and stereos that members of the Consumer Electronics Association are flogging

While we've been getting fatter and slower, video recorders have been getting faster and smaller

It's about A) the ability to make the audio comply with specific laws and specifications; and B) to make it sound nice.

Not too long ago my ol' buddy Engineer Hank sat at the top of the mountain. Today, Hank's in the basement

Let's have a brief review of the "ownership" of the aforementioned television broadcast spectrum, why don't we?

I'll bet dollars to donuts you aren't watching.

A lot of you were left at the altar when the latest version, Final Cut Pro X, broke the mold, as well as the entire commercial workflow.

You might not have noticed, but… I guess I’m not much of a gamblin’ man.

It appears that the Commish doesn’t much care about broadcasting anymore.

Big is good… small is not to be trusted, except, of course, when small rules the day, and big is a liability.

Lately, broadcast stations have gotten into the multichannel biz in such a big way that it frequently degrades the primary HD signal.