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The NY Board Of Managers is contemplating the following topics for future Section meetings. So that we may serve our local SMPTE community better, members are encouraged to comment on and/or volunteer to help with these meetings or submit other suggestions. Comments may be submitted to Rich Carlson, Program Chair, Motion Pictures or Mike Strein, Program Chair, Television.

NEW TOPICS OF INTEREST

  • NYC TOWER transmitter site replacement status report (possibly joint mtg. w/ SBE)
  • TEKTRONIX (et al) - measurement program about color space
  • "Video 101 seminar" (or 102) for computer guys

VIDEO/DATA TOPICS

  • ADSL and ATM- How Far Have We Come?
  • FireWire, Fibre Channel and Other Hi-Speed Networking Technologies
  • Digital signal interconnects (copper/fibre)
  • MPEG-2 Compression
  • Concatenated compression
  • UNIX Trials and Tribulations
  • Video Servers
  • SAN storage systems
  • Display technologies (DLP, Plasma, LCD)
  • Digital Asset management
  • New control systems (Miranda, e.g.)
  • SMPTE/EBU Task Force report
  • Tape formats (DV, e.g))
  • Universal preservation format
  • Live graphics/data merging for air
  • Uncompressed non-linear edit
  • New studios in metro area
  • HBO Hauppauge tour
  • CNN studio (Rockefeller Center) tour
  • Disk-based camcorders
  • Nvision routing Video over IP

HD/DTV TOPICS

  • HDTV / ATV systems
  • HD acquisition
  • HD reception issues
  • HD character generators
  • HD CGI data/graphics merge for live air
  • Digital Cinema Update
  • Thomson Viper Camera
  • Consumer DTV receivers
  • 8-VSB enhancement
  • Up/down/cross-conversion
  • A52/53/54 requiremnts for DTV

FILM TOPICS

  • Merging Film and Video Compression Technologies
  • Film Intermediate Systems: Status of Cineon, Domino and Inferno
  • Color Space Conversion Issues
  • Digital "Wet-Gates" and Noise Reduction
  • Maintaining Film Colorimetry in Special Effects
  • Advanced Telecines / Film Scanning
  • Digital Cinema update
  • Aaton and Panavision cameras
  • Film community open forum
  • Arriflex Arricam Telecine panel
  • Enhanced Theatrical Presentation
  • Fuji REA 500D color negative film
  • Film restoration Large format motion pictures
  • Lighting

 

   
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