Mario Orazio

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… these days, things are lookin’ down. Literally.

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

Digital video and audio don't "degrade gracefully," as their analog counterparts do.

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

Moore's Law has been working over the decades, and individual transistors have gotten really, really small.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

All four major U.S. commercial TV networks are associated with movie distribution studios. Three are associated with theme parks.

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.

When HDCAM came out, you could count the number of TV stations transmitting HDTV on the fingers of one hand.

You might not have noticed it's a good idea to beware of geeks making gifts. This ain't about that ancient wooden horse named for a condom.

You might not have noticed that all television control rooms have monitors of both the picture and sound variety.