Headswitching

[Bob Zelin]

Chad,
are you hypersensitive, or what ? Where did you ever get the impression that I was refering to you, anywhere in my respone here ?
I only support what you said, never saying anything negative about your comments.

Bob Zelin

[Chad Brewer]

[Bob Zelin] “I only support what you said, never saying anything negative about your comments.”

Thanks Bob. I misinterpreted what you wrote. I know we’re pretty much on the same page when it comes to what it takes to produce broadcast quality material and specs…

It’s funny now looking back on the original post. My first reply was that the HDV material in question was probably not converted correctly. Later, the original poster found out and reported that the HDV material was not hardware converted correctly and that the answers to the problem were “most notably” not found here on the COW. I guess some people just don’t like FREE advice…

Chad Brewer
Senior Broadcast Videotape Operator
TeleVersions, LLC

[Maria]

No, you tried to be helpful, Chad, and I do appreciate that. It’s just the meaningless tirades that came after that sullied the experience. Forums and chatrooms are popular homes for people who have a found a place to project their negativity or bitterness, but it’s still always a bit of a shock to find out that people have time for it. It’s harder to construct a response with intelligence and civility, but it would be a worthwhile exercise for some people here (yourself not included).

Maria Luisa Gambale
DP/Producer
Brooklyn, NY

[Tom Matthies]

Bob, sometimes your posts are less than helpful.
No more coffee for you!

E=MC2+/-2db

[Sam Cole]

In a world where less and less people care about the ‘technical’ side of television I can understand Bob’s feelings. Its like his career is slipping away.
I remember the days when we use to put Bars and Tone at the front of every tape. Nowdays we get tapes from television networks with audio levels thru the roof, no bars and tone, incorrect or no VITC, timecode disruptions and channel errors.
These things would be instant rejects if we sent the networks tapes with similar problems.

Sam Cole
On line Mastering Facility
FCP, Avid, Adobe
Sydney, Australia

[Tom Matthies]

I agree. I still use my trusty old Tektronix 1740/760 combo. I also have a Magni SDM-560M SDI analyzer that all my standard definition video takes a trip through to make sure that everything is as it should be before sending it out.
Why do I still do this? I’m not all that sure anymore since no one seems to care about technical issues these days.
Tom

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