Premium Members Jens Piotrowski SOC Posted August 29, 2012 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Wow! Are there any diversity receivers already out there to tickle this chicken? later this year from Lentequip... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Thomas English Posted August 30, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 We are talking minimum a $10,000 setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Erwin Landau Posted August 30, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Let's have a look at Cinec... shall we... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Eric Fletcher S.O.C. Posted August 31, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 And today this is announced.... I really think that studios would have issues with ACTV OTA HD on your iPhone/ipad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members William Demeritt Posted August 31, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 I'm trying to think of something the White Space HD device could do to differentiate the signal, but if it's ATSC, then it can be tuned by consumer televisions. Even a watermark gives too good of an image to wandering eyes (or wandering television sets), and distracts people monitoring the image legitimately. Eric: the OTA HD devices might make it even easier for handheld director's monitor iPads or whatever, but the decoding time on those devices would probably add more delay than desirable. I think you're right, the studios would be very concerned about open OTA broadcast of their protected work. I'm really eager to see this thing, though! So many questions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Jess Haas SOC Posted September 2, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 I believe the unit is FCC approved. If it is then I expect it to suck. The only reason Modulus/Canatrans work as well as they do is because they are higher transmit power than the FCC legally allows. When broadcast TV switched to ATSC channels that used to come in crystal clear when transmitted analogue were too week to receive despite transmitting at the same power. Rabbit ears on your TV inside used to get lots of channels now the only way for most people to get broadcast TV reception at all is with an antenna on the roof. All that said I really hope that it uses a reasonably strong transmitter and blows everything else out of the water. Even then I doubt the range will be good enough to warrant much concern about people pirating the signal As far as Europe goes they use a completely different digital TV standard. That wouldn't stop Europeans from using it with North American(ATSC) receivers but their home TV won't be able to pick it up. ~Jess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Steve Acheson Posted September 23, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 So has anyone seen it yet? All they did was upload a photo on their website of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Jens Piotrowski SOC Posted September 23, 2012 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0027/5622/files/CT_card_for_web_1.jpg?100410 more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members William Demeritt Posted September 23, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Just looking at that image, it says "HD compatible", but also VHF/UHF. Looks like it'll be a Modulus 5000 competitor: onboard downconverter, still transmits SD. Might be wrong, but just based on that image, that's what I'm thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Thomas English Posted September 23, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Would you get a unit that did crystal clear image (digital) and really never dropped out but... was SD Would they even notice? I guess the focus puller would.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members William Demeritt Posted September 23, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Thomas, It's one of those arguments that I don't like getting in the middle of: does video village need to see the HD version? Does the director? Does the DP? We used to rely on "the image is just for framing, don't judge the image for light or color values" approach, but in the days of digital/HD, I find that argument quickly disregarded. I've even gotten apprehensive looks when directors/DP's discover they're watching a 720p version from the camera instead of the 1080 (which, on a 19" monitor, makes NO difference). Digital transmission over VHF/UHF is an interesting choice, I'm eager to see what the range is and technology behind it. If it's straight up digital compression to make it SD, I'd think the range is superb but the latency might be a frame or two (compression adds delay). Looking forward to seeing more, but alas, looks like it isn't an ATSC tuner, so at least the studios will be happy that we're not broadcasting into neighboring televisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Jess Haas SOC Posted September 24, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 ATSC transmits HD on VHF or UHF so I have yet to see any real information on wether this thing broadcasts HD or SD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Benjamin Treplin Posted September 24, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 I talked to Emery and Isabel at Cinec yesterday. It transmits SD! It has a build in Downconverter and a small TFT display. It also transmits in the white band channels from 20 down to get a longer range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Lawrence Karman Posted September 25, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 $7000 for a SD transmitter? Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Steve Acheson Posted September 25, 2012 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 I was really excited about this thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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