April 2006

About "How Much Should You Know"

For those of you who have heard waaay too much about the Duke lacrosse players story - it's worth a moment to pause and think about the alleged victim. Should the media release her name? Should they have mentioned her race? Read an insightful blog entry by WRAL's David Crabtree and the even more thought provoking reader responses.

BROADCAST ENGINEERING ;-)

Before we all leave for NAB, two articles of note in the March 2006 issue of Broadcast Engineering:

BROADCAST QUALITY

Peter McGoldrick complains about stations where almost all the programming was played back from VHS, cheep limited animation and the quality of cell phone video. Yes, as engineers we'd like to only 'send the very best'. But as people who contribute to the bottom line, we can't forget that "It's the content, stupid!" Whether it is an hour long show on VHS or cell phone video of the London Underground bombing - it's the message and not the pipe that's important.

THE ULTIMATE REMOTE

And for laughs, an editorial about what might happen if you combine your multifunction A/V remote with the world's most powerful X-10 controller. And then there's always " TV-B-Gone®"