Mario Orazio
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TV Is Pictures and Sound; 'Taint Numbers and Specs
By Mario Orazio published
You might not have noticed that all television control rooms have monitors of both the picture and sound variety.
Moore's Law Being Repealed?
By Mario Orazio published
Moore's Law has been working over the decades, and individual transistors have gotten really, really small.
Source of Knowledge? The NAB Show Ain't It
By Mario Orazio published
Look, there's only one legitimate reason to go to the big show each April. It's to get away from the office and maybe play a little golf in the desert sun.
Want to Get Real HDTV? Turn Down the Lighting
By Mario Orazio published
When light spreads out due to an edge, the waves charging straight ahead are going to get to a plane a little earlier than the ones taking a diagonal route.
Reports of Death Had Better Be Exaggerated
By Mario Orazio published
All four major U.S. commercial TV networks are associated with movie distribution studios. Three are associated with theme parks.
Concatenation Needs Much More Elucidation
By Mario Orazio published
When HDCAM came out, you could count the number of TV stations transmitting HDTV on the fingers of one hand.
Upconversion: It’s More Than Meets the Aieeee!!
By Mario Orazio published
You might not have noticed that it’s no longer 1996.
Lifetime Achievement for Lifeline Service?
By Mario Orazio published
Maybe there's a method to that madness—something TV broadcasters, regulators and legislators might want to take note of.
The Smaller the Screen, The Higher the Bit-Rate
By Mario Orazio published
This ain’t (exactly) about the transition to DTV.
Analog Obsolescence Looms
By Mario Orazio published
You might not have noticed that it's been seven-and-a-half years since the U.S. digital television rules came out. Here are some of the reasons why you might not have noticed:
So Everyone Is Wrong...Now What?
By Mario Orazio published
You might not have noticed that not everything that everyone agrees on is correct.
As for TV Technology, It’s All an Illusion
By Mario Orazio published
TV technology ain’t brain surgery. TV technology ain’t rocket science. TV technology is all about illusions.
Labels, Cables and Other Assorted Rantings
By Mario Orazio published
You might not have noticed, but my last blather was about a lack of labels on TVs. So on account of inertia being my favorite state, I decided to stay with the label theme in this here column.
The 2004 Mario Award Winners ...
By Mario Orazio published
Yeesh! It's tough enough covering 100 square miles of exhibits in four days and wading through 100,000 Applets hogging the Apple booth without having to deal with NAB's booth numbers.
Playing to the Dentists?
By Mario Orazio published
How can you possibly keep pace with algebraic leaps in next-great-invention bitrates?
What Price Reliability?
By Mario Orazio published
You might not have noticed, but… reliability don’t come cheap.
Recording Pretty Pictures From Above
By Mario Orazio published
You might not have noticed, but… these days, things are lookin’ down. Literally.
FCP: Telling Tales of Lost Love
By Mario Orazio published
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.
Tiny Wonders for Big Eaters
By Mario Orazio published
While we've been getting fatter and slower, video recorders have been getting faster and smaller
Is CES on Life Support, Down for the Count?
By Mario Orazio published
The rap is that innovation is no longer happening in the teevees and stereos that members of the Consumer Electronics Association are flogging