The Newton and Leibniz of Imaging
Some say Isaac Newton first invented the calculus. Others say it was Gottfried Leibniz. Imagine what it would be like if you could take a seminar on the calculus from […] More
Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
Mark Schubin ranks among the best of the best television engineers today. He brings more than 40 years experience to every production along with a wealth of television history and lore. A consultant now to many large communications companies both here and abroad he took time out from his busy schedule to talk to us about the production of an opera produced in 720p with the Panasonic production truck, the same one used for many of the ABC produced Monday Night Football games. Mark talks about some of the characteristics of HDTV which differ from the older standard.
Recent Posts by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
Opera Was Alive and Well in NYC in 2013
As some of you might recall, I like to promote the idea that New York City is one of the great opera capitals of the world. In August, I had […] More
"Bang" Presentation: A Bit More
I neglected to describe all of the images on slide 19. The upper right image on that slide (at right here) shows that, in a cinema auditorium, detail resolutions beyond HD […] More
Handwriting Matters!
In many of my Fandom of the Opera lectures and some of my other writings about media technology and opera, I’ve made reference to two people who are candidates to be […] More
Bang for the Buck
Something extraordinary happened shortly after noon local time on Saturday, September 14, at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam (aside from the fact that the fresh herring vendors were […] More
Request for Proposals for 2014 HPA Tech Retreat
Labor Day is over, so it’s that time of year again: time to think about proposing presentations for the 2014 HPA Tech Retreat, February 17-21 at the Hyatt Regency Indian […] More
Schubin Materials from 2013 International Workshop on High-Quality Dynamic Cross-Continental Networked Artistic Interaction, Businesspark Struer, Struer, Denmark, August 28-30
Here are links to my materials associated with the 2013 International Workshop on High-Quality Dynamic Cross-Continental Networked Artistic Interaction held at Businesspark Struer, Struer, Denmark. August 28-30. Here is […] More
Opera and Eye
The Blind, an opera by Lera Auerbach being performed this week at the Lincoln Center Festival, has a number of unusual aspects. Unlike many opera productions today, it does not have […] More
Is a Million Years Long Enough?
A team at the University of Southampton has come up with what they’re calling a five-dimensional quartz optical disc memory capable of storing 360 TB per disc for a million […] More
The Earlier Earliest Bell Recording
This week, there has been a lot of publicity about the first recording of Alexander Graham Bell’s voice, an 1885 disk, finally being heard thanks to the latest technology. But there […] More