Chapter 36, and the western US, will be represented this next year on the SBE national board of directors when Gary Stigall is inducted for a two-year term at the national meeting in Columbus, Ohio September 26 – 28. He was among six chosen at large among seven running nationally. Votes were counted August 25th at SBE headquarters.
Gary has been active with Chapter 36 since 1997 and is currently serving in program and certification chairman positions. He travels to Columbus September 25.
Michael Streby of NewsNet in Temecula passed his test to become an SBE Certified Broadcast Television Engineer.
Get certified! It’s easier than ever with the new CertPreview CD and you can apply before September 16 for the November test window.
This month Chapter 36 explores low cost MPEG compression solutions for TV. Visionary Solutions, Inc. (VSI) of Santa Barbara specializes in lower cost encoding and decoding hardware for ENG, backhaul, confidence monitoring, and news source sharing. “With declining budgets, broadcasters seek suppliers that offer outstanding picture quality, rock solid stability and save money over traditional broadcast equipment. Steve Lee will show live HD video over a private IP network, a webcast of live TV and highlight a wireless HD ENG pack used at a major network.” Steve Lee is National Sales Manager for IPTV products at VSI. Steve has been in computer hardware, enterprise software, cloud computing, mobile application and IPTV sales, marketing and business development positions for 25 years.
Join us for our regular monthly meeting September 21 at noon at TV Magic, 8112 Engineer Road, in Kearny Mesa, San Diego. VSI is providing lunch. As always, members and guests are welcome.
This being 2011, hopefully you’re not bound to videotape or spinning discs any longer. The options for portable production and ENG recording are rich. Our August presenter, Focus, will show us a solution with full HD resolution recording with lots of recording time and all the bells and whistles and none of the polyester.
Mark D’Addio, VP of Business Development, will update us on the capable media recorder and its associated workflow advantages, encoding options, and much more. He has more than 20 years of experience in broadcasting technologies, and works as an applications engineer interfacing with camcorder manufacturers.
Join us Wednesday, August 17 at noon at TV Magic, 8112 Engineer Road in Kearny Mesa. Focus will provide a lunch. As always, members and guests are welcome.
If you ever ventured into San Diego Electronic Supply at their previous location on Ronson Road, you did so at your own risk. Components were jammed into a tiny area as one might find in the Akihabara district of Tokyo.
Manny and the crew have moved to safer, more convenient space at 9135 Chesapeake Drive at Kearny Villa Road east of CA-163 in Kearny Mesa. The stock is largely left over from the old Gateway store that closed a few years ago across the street from the new location. But there are new items, including prototype boards, high quality tools, and newer style switches. Write down the address because as of this writing they didn’t have a sign on the door. Unlike the other electronics stores, they are open Saturdays. Call 858) 278-1245 if you need to check stock or for directions.