ATSC 3.0 station taking shape for NAB/Image Orthicon cameras returning

[Ted Langdell]

Thought you'd want to know that the ATSC 3.0 demonstration station is taking shape on Black Mountain in Las Vegas.

 One of the people helping to build the station is QuadList member John Turner, head honcho at Turner Engineering in New Jersey.

He advised the Old VTR's group this morning:

> "We are building a real time ATSC 3.0 transmission system on ch 50 at Black Mountain for the convention. Pulling this RF off air at the Grand Lobby and North Hall. Big demo will be a 65” LG OLED consumer receiver being sold in Korea today.
>  
> Content is UHD stored on a Harmonic (Omneon) 50TB, 2 RU server. The server is playing out digital video at 8X 1080I!
> Sure interesting to compare this new system to the 1960’s analog VTRs.
>  
> John (My 50th consecutive NAB this year)"

Turner helped build the ATSC 3.0 station at NAB last year, and has participated in a number of other NAB demonstration projects over the last several decades.

He also enjoys restoring Quad and other vintage video tape equipment in his company's New Jersey facility.

The "NextGen TV" demo area is in the Grand Lobby  between North and Central halls. 


More about the ATSC 3.0 demo here:
http://atsc.org/news-release/next-gen-tv-hub-showcase-benefits-new-broadcast-tv-standard-2017-nab-show/#.WO-pPjxHaEc

"Tomorrow's technology" is just a short walk away from where the Museum of Broadcast Technology is bringing a showcase of vintage television gear to the entrance of Northhall opposite the taxi drop off. 

In the last several years, the Museum's exhibit has showcased 2" quad video recorders along with a number of portable television cameras from the mid to late 70s and early 80s.

MBT's Paul Beck advises this year's display is RCA:  "One original TK-31 with tubed power supply and one TK-34 with WP-16 and external focus regulator. And... an original ZOOMAR 3x1 studio lens. 

Yep !  (Image) Orthicons are making a come back !!! You just wait and see !!!!"





Should be an interesting NAB, that's for sure!

I'll have an announcement about the "Annual Quad Videotape Group Luncheon at NAB" in a forthcoming separate email.

As always it will be on 12:30 PM, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The location is being identified. It will likely be near the MBT exhibit.

Looking forward to seeing folks there. Unless something changes dramatically in the next two weeks, we will be walking the floor rather than standing in a booth.

Ted

Ted Langdell
Secretary, Quad Videotape Group
Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com
(530)301-2931

Dictated into and Sent from my iPhone, which is solely responsible for any weird stuff I didn't catch.

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