MICHAEL ROBIN

The 20th century brought with it the need for the transport of pictures and sound. A large number of engineers and scientists working for Bell Telephone

Michael Robin reviews digital component video; how it's created and used, and the benefits it provides over composite video

Michael Robin's look at bit-serial video distribution focuses on techniques to move digital signals between devices and systems

Compression is usually affected by removing video signal redundancies and unneccessary data.

Michael Robin explains why returning to basic concepts is essential in order to understand contemporary technologies

Author Michael Robin explains the complex process of converting 4:3 images to 16:9 and back. The trade offer that accompanies the conversion is also discussed.

Michael Robin reviews digital platforms to transport data streams. He looks at system requirements and minimum performance levels

The most important use of the ancillary data space is for the insertion of audio signals accompanying the video signal

The Audio Engineering Society (AES), together with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), developed a digital audio transmission standard known as the

In the 17th century, two scientists devoted their time to the study of light: Isaac Newton and Christian Huyghens. While trying to fend off falling apples,

Review key SMPTE and EBU standards for television systems and learn how they affect your station's systems

All systems have noise and analog noise. In this month's Transition to Digital, Michael Robin helps readers understand the difference and where to look for the causes

Michael Robin continues with Part II of his series on noise. This month he looks at digital noise, sources and remedies

All color television systems use the principle of additive colors, with green, blue and red as primary colors.

For the most part, the mechanisms of the natural world around us, including sound, operate in the analog domain.

All source formats are transmitted using the same nominal 1.485Gb/s serial bit rate. The capacity for carrying ancillary data varies from format to format.