When inaccurate terms create production problems – the fiction of “mini BNC”

March 10, 2019Posted by csandy

There’s an industry trend of referring to miniaturized BNC connectors for video as “Mini BNC”. While there is an actual connector on the market called Mini BNC, most often manufacturers and sales people are actually referring to something else. On closer inspection, the connector turns out to be DIN 1.0/2.3 or HDBNC. Now why is…

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Interesting Developments Surrounding ISE and Digital AV

February 5, 2019Posted by csandy

Alternatives to the uncompressed SMPTE 2110 IP-based video standard are taking a prominent foothold in the industry.  The SMPTE 2110 standard, which requires at minimum at 10Gbps network also comes with the requisite cost of procuring, building, and maintaining a “10G” network.  Industry participants who don’t require the uncompressed signal 2110 offers, yet still need…

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Free NDI Tools Update

November 22, 2018Posted by csandy

Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s an update to my list of free NDI tools. https://goo.gl/Bokwb1