Latest articles by Mario Orazio
Playing to the Dentists?
How can you possibly keep pace with algebraic leaps in next-great-invention bitrates?
In the New Year, Go for the Glass
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.
Next Gen TV: Will the Bang Match the Buzz?
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.
February 17 Is Coming! (Just Past February 16)
You might not have noticed that Feb. 17 is going to be a good day to celebrate TV technology. But it ain't a day most of us are going to have to do anything different with that there technology.
Source of Knowledge? The NAB Show Ain't It
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.
Lifetime Achievement for Lifeline Service?
Maybe there's a method to that madness—something TV broadcasters, regulators and legislators might want to take note of.
Want Sharper Pictures? Try the Other Hi-Def!
Those LCD displays, I've got to admit, are a problem, but LCDs are getting faster all the time, and they ain't the only display technology in town.
This Little Piggy of a Market
You might not have noticed that there's a wee mite of a difference between Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake City television market.
With Gifts Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE NOTICED that Congress doesn't write all the laws. Nature has come up with a few. Last time I checked, the Second Law of Thermodynamics didn't appear in the Federal Code.
Simulcasting About for a Solution
You might not have noticed that DTV stations don't have to simulcast the programming on their NTSC counterparts.
Widescreen Stretches Hype to New Limits
You might not have noticed that Philips has done it again.
There's Nothing Like Progress!
You might not have noticed that it's possible to watch lousy NTSC. Hey – I ain't for one second suggesting that you ought to watch lousy NTSC; I'm just saying it's possible.
There's Nothing Like Progress!
You might not have noticed that it's possible to watch lousy NTSC. Hey – I ain't for one second suggesting that you ought to watch lousy NTSC; I'm just saying it's possible.
The 2001 Mario Awards
You might not have noticed that there was plenty of fun new stuff at the NAB show this year. "Slow show" my hoof!
