[opendtv] (Probably) the last HPA Technology Retreat Program Update
- From: Mark Schubin <TVMark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Multiple Addresses Suppressed <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:45:44 -0500
Mark Schubin wrote:
There have been more recent additions to the 15th-annual Technology
Retreat of the Hollywood Post Alliance, being held February 17-20 at the
Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs area),
California. Check out the program here:
http://www.hpaonline.com/mc/page.do?sitePageId=62874&orgId=hopa
In the main program, CBS is joining ABC, Fox, NBC, PBS, the CW,
Telemundo, and the NAB (among others) on the broadcasters panel, and the
BBC and the European Broadcasting Union will also be at the event. What
does the delay to June 12 mean? What happens next? What is ATSC 2.0?
What about mobile broadcasting? Come and find out.
Among recent additions to the software panel are Chris Lennon of Harris
on BXF, Al Kovalick of Avid on RT Media Services, Simon Eldridge of
Omneon on Service-Oriented Storage, and Michael Sterling of National
TeleConsultants with an AMWA update. Not sure what AMWA is or how it
affects you? Come and find out!
4K is a lot of resolution. How do you deal with it? A recent addition
to the main program is Dave Cavena of Image Trends on the correction of
defects in 4K scanning using advanced technologies. Speaking of
advanced technologies, how about image deconvolution to correct for such
"lens defects" as the picture being out of focus? Learn about that, and
much more, in the "Visions of the Future" supersession.
That's the main program. There have also been additions to the
breakfast roundtables. Do you know about DVP? It's the industry's
Digital Video Package file-based masters initiative, and it will be
explained by Disney's Annie Chang. Peter Wilson will describe
non-traditional 3-D acquisition on Thursday morning and MUPPITS, the
European Multiple-User Post-Production IT Services project for sharing,
on Friday morning.
Eric Goodmurphy of Ross Video will describe the openGear
terminal-equipment platform. Jeroen Brouwer of Philips will describe
"Comfortable 3D Viewing through Depth file format." Bruce Jacobs of the
PBS HD Quality Group will tell how "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad
Multiformat World.
Speaking of multiple formats, NBC Universal's Sheau Ng will cover MXF,
Merrill Weiss the latest developments in AXF, and Belden's
always-entertaining Steve Lampen the use of Ethernet in a broadcast
environment. Have you ever just wanted to hang around someone who has
lots of knowledge and have some pour out on you? The aforementioned
Steve Lampen will ask questions of the aforementioned Merrill Weiss at a
roundtable to give you just such an opportunity.
Those are just a few of the recent additions to the roundtables. There
are so many this year that we've expanded the space to accommodate them,
so, if you'd like one or two, we CAN accommodate you. Please contact me
at the e-mail address above.
Then there's the demo room. There are too many recent additions to
list, but one that I'm particularly interested in seeing myself is
RabbitHoles Media's full-color motion holography. Remember, the HPA
technology-demo room is where Panasonic introduced variable-frame-rate
video shooting, Lucas Digital showed the camera-attitude sensor used in
shooting the recent "Star Wars" movies, Sony introduced HDCAM SR, etc.
Everything shown will be a technology not yet seen at an NAB show.
Then there are the prizes. Last year, one participant went home with an
HD camcorder for correctly answering the toughest quiz question. This
year's prizes, thanks to Pete Putman of Roam Consulting, include (so
far): a Toshiba XD-E500U upscaling DVD player, a Sanyo CG9 Xacti digital
movie camera, a Corinex HD-over-power-lines connectivity kit, Pinnacle
Video Transfer, a Radiient Select-4 4x1 HDMI switcher, and a Hauppauge
WinTV HVR-950Q ATSC/NTSC/QAM USB receiver. And registrants who fill out
surveys before the event get a chance to win a Blu-ray player, courtest
of Integrated Media Technologies.
Did I mention the laser bowling? I didn't mention a lot. Check the
online program for MUCH more:
http://www.hpaonline.com/mc/page.do?sitePageId=62874&orgId=hopa
Don't wait until attendance is cut off for lack of space. Register today!
http://www.hpaonline.com/mc/page.do?sitePageId=79232&orgId=hopa
One last thing: The temperature fell below freezing today even in
Florida, Alabama, New Mexico, and Nevada. There were parts of the U.S.
where it went below zero degrees Fahrenheit. In Rancho Mirage today,
it's also cold -- a mere 72 (no wind, 38% humidity).
TTFN,
Mark
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