Posts Tagged ‘HD’

Skywalker Sound enhances Shuttle audio

When a space shuttle was launched, each of the two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) used to burn 1,000,000 pounds of propellant in the first two minutes. We have seen several clips showing what it looked like, but what did it sound like? Well, now we can find out …
This 8 minute HD movie is an [...]

Featured, Industry News March 19, 2012 08:17 0 Comments

Audio Mixing for 2D and 3D

BSkyB are arguably the most experienced broadcaster in the world when it comes to live mixing in 5.1. They launched their HD Sky Sports channel in 2006, setting a template for HD and 5.1 production for years to come. They were equally forward-thinking when it came to 3D, and were one of the first broadcasters [...]

Education, Featured, Outside Broadcast September 15, 2011 18:08 0 Comments

Calrecs are in 22% of world’s HD OB trucks

A survey by Live Production shows that, of the 207 HD OB trucks in the world, 22% are equipped with Calrec Audio production consoles.

Calrec, Featured, Outside Broadcast March 7, 2011 13:41 0 Comments

Sky guide to HD TV sound is a bit of a winner

I’m sure this handy guide to surround sound on the HD pages of the Sky website is helping a lot of consumers to select the right system to buy to accompany a new HD TV set.
The page explains the basics very well, and in a language that even technophobes should be able to follow. Which [...]

Industry News, Surround August 7, 2010 08:57 0 Comments

HDTV & 5.1 upgrades for the World Cup

In the UK, I’m seeing lots of TV & newspaper ads at the moment encouraging us to throw out our old TVs and upgrade to bigger, shinier, higher definition sets to accompany our HD set top boxes. It led me to ask a couple of questions.
Does this phenomenon occur all over the world, or is [...]

Surround May 18, 2010 14:12 0 Comments