The Engineers Bench Podcast

Hugh and Phil talk about some tips for broadcast video.

Go to the website for a PDF of the notes.

Hugh and Phil talk about some tips for broadcast video. Go to the website for a PDF of the notes.

Hugh and Phil talk about some tips and get-out-of-gaol-free cards with respect to broadcast audio.

Go to the website for a PDF of the notes.

Hugh and Phil talk about KVM-over-IP systems with particular reference to Teradici and Phil's favourite manufacturer Amulet Hotkey. They also go over the basics of encryption with symmetric and public-key crypto.

Phil and Hugh talk about modern picture quality analysis and why good old fashioned colour bars are of little use to the modern broadcast engineer!

Hugh and Phil go over the practise of using a 3D LUT (look up table) to get OLEDs & LCD televisions closer to the Rec.709 gamut. 

Hugh and Phil go over the principles of the Discrete Cosine Transform as applied to video compression and the differences between IFrame and long-GOP codecs.

Hugh and Phil talk about optical multiplexing as well as new methods for accurately testing fibre cables. A few tips on basic fibre cleaning as well.

Simon Quill of Bryant Unlimited and Phil go over their range of network controlled, intelligently monitored power distribution units

Phil & Hugh go over a few tips and tricks for using MS Excel in the design of film & TV facilities