by Ed Calverley | Aug 20, 2019 | Vision
Vision Mixers (or Vision Switchers as they are known in North America) are the key component for video production. The below videos give a great insight to some of the terms used when referring to the functions of a vision mixer. Production Switcher – Basic...
by Ed Calverley | Aug 20, 2019 | Video
This video by Munute Physics makes reference to how the level values for video is adjust ‘to save disk space’ – in fact the mechanism discussed is a much older hang-over from the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) days of television which gave rise to the gamma...
by Ed Calverley | Aug 20, 2019 | History
The first video by Veritasium tells the history of how film was a core component of Television until 1956 with the invention of the first practical video recorder by Ampex (BBC did create VERA in 1952 but it was never a commercial product – See Wikipedia for...
by Ed Calverley | Aug 20, 2019 | VFX & CGI
Captain Disillusion is a great channel to subscribe to on YouTube. He has gained a huge following thanks to his entertaining way he debunks fake viral videos. In this first video he highlights a performer who stunned the Americas Got Talent audience with...
by Ed Calverley | Aug 20, 2019 | History
Matt Parker explaines why the NTSC world got stuck using a frame rate of 29.97Hz instead of 3ohz. It was all due to the introduction of compatible colour and needing to avoid interference. The PAL system used outside of North America was based on a whole new 625-line...
