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2012 Retrospective: Display Size Matters Cont.
displays except for one important detail: viewing distance. Digitallytransmitted 0.4 megapixel 576i standard definition television (704 x 576 active pixels) is practically retina quality as a subjective viewing experience when moving content is viewed on a 40-inch screen at a typical two-metre viewing distance. Only when you hit the freeze button does the brain become aware of the low quality actually being delivered. Another technical option is to compress high-resolution source content into vector files but this would require programme-makers to think even harder than they do already about how much movement they dare allow in their images before the compression algorithm becomes seriously stressed. And who needs higher resolution anyway? Discussing this issue with a Vienna-based programme maker some weeks ago, I gathered that he at least did not. “The great thing about standard-def is that is doesn’t show the performers’ wrinkles. Shooting in HD is an expensive nightmare.” On that basis, perhaps the industry should have stayed with 405-line monochrome. market to fight for.” Okay, it’s not all negative: The SynthiA 3D post-production tool demonstrated at IBC by Quantel merits an award as one of the most ingenious developments in television since the Paintbox. and a CMOS sensor capable of capturing live progressive images at up to 60 frames per second. It can also be used in two megapixel mode. Storage is to solid state memory. Aviwest launched the DMNG PRO 3G/4G-LTE live video uplink system, promoted as a costefficient alternative to satellite trucks for news crews. The encoder/ transmitter can be directly attached to a camera using a standard mounting plate. Reporters can then communicate content back to base via a variety of network interfaces. These include eight embedded 3G/ HSPA+/4G-LTE modems, wi-fi, and dual Gigabit Ethernet for BGAN or Ka-Sat. Claimed latency, depending on the network, can be as low as one second, allowing live on-air interviews. Blackmagic Design introduced its inexpensive Cinema Camera, plus a variant with a passive Micro Four Thirds lens mount. The mount is much closer to the image sensor than in the initial model, allowing space for adapters to other lens mounts. Canon announced the EOS C100 camera, which incorporates the company’s Super 35 mm Canon CMOS sensor and the DIGIC DV III image processor used in the C300. The camera records at 24 megabits per second via an integral AVCHD codec. Additional features include HDMI output with embedded timecode, support for external recorders, remote operation, and complete manual control
CONTINUED ON PAGE 26 Blackmagic Designs innovative Cinema Camera now has an MFT version

Cheaper Kit
Broadcast equipment manufacturers survive and thrive either by identifying and catering for niche requirements or by offering the greater reliability of a hardware or firmware based product compared with one running on a mass-produced computer platform. This sounds good in theory but a lot of massproduced computer platforms are now extremely reliable, devalued only by the speed at which operating-system designers make their own software obsolete. An increasing number of NAB and IBC exhibitors this year were offering niche hardwarebased products at prosumer prices. If wedding photography is your thing, these shows are becoming mainstream. Talking to actual buyers of this cheaper kit, however, it was evident that some low price products will overheat if subjected to 24/7 operation.

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The Third Dimension
2012 was the year 3D moved quietly back into the shadows, likely to remain there at least until autostereoscopic displays become a serious proposition. The problem for 3D is that the majority of humans, even those with one active or dominant eye, are perfectly capable of extrapolating depth information from the context of the image they are looking at, further aided by relative motion and the ability to focus. 3D television or film is at best a pleasant luxury and, of course, potentially a way of selling more kit. Sony and Dolby both exhibited autosteroscopic displays at NAB in April, and again at IBC in September, with technologies designed to reduce the problem of lateral directionality. Quote of the year in this context came from an IBC exhibitor who, because some of his kit is designed for the 3D market, probably p re f e r s t o re m a i n anonymous: “20% of viewers begin to feel nauseous if they watch stereoscopic film or television; 20% can’t see the depth effect at all, and 20% are perfectly happy with 2D. That leaves 40% of the
JVC’s GY-HMQ10 boasts 8MP in a handheld camcorder

Innovation
With well over 1,000 manufacturers catering specifically for the broadcast market, it always feels iniquitous to single out a few as being particularly innovative or distinguished. In their various ways, each company deserves acknowledgement for its ability to deliver more features and/or higher quality without a commensurate increase in price. But that doesn’t stop me trying – specific new products that caught my attention during 2012 included: The JVC GY-HMQ10 camcorder, claimed to be the world’s first handheld camcorder capable of capturing and recording real-time eight megapixel (3840 x 2160) video at 24, 50 or 60 frames per second. The GY-HMQ10 has an f/2.8 10x zoom lens


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InNews: Harris Corporation Agree Sale of Broadcast Communications
InNews: Grass Valley Opens Solutions Center in Boulogne Office
InSound
InFocus
InStudio
InPlay
InFile
InTest
InMedia: Evolution of the Broadcast Systems Integrator
InMedia: Swedish Film Institute Chooses Divarchive 7.0
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