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NAB 2017

Mark Schubin, SchubinCafe.com these slides at bit.ly/smpteny-nab17

(who has visited every booth at every NAB show since 1973)

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Brief History of NAB Shows  

1922: NARB created in Chicago 1923: 1st convention  

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1941: 1st w/exhibits (NAB) 

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Hotel Commodore NYC 23 people, no exhibits Hotel Jefferson St. Louis

1956: VTR intro (NARTB) 

Conrad Hilton Chicago

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Imperatives      

1954: 1982: 1984: 1986: 1996: 2010:

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color teletext stereo sound digital HD S3D 7

2016 Imperatives      

IP 4K HDR (only for 4K) WCG (part of HDR) VR social media

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2017 Options   

IP or SDI 4K or HD HDR or SDR 

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2 of 78: Bittree Patchbays - 12G+ Mini-WECO Coaxial Video Patchbay Evertz Microsystems - evREMOTE & 3606FR IP transport platforms

and HDR for HD ok

WCG optional VR (for that business) social is a media business

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broadcast TV issues evolution>revolution machine learning displays silly & scary

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How Many IP Routers for Live TV?

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cropped from www.theground.town/show/patchbay/

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if 4K single sensor

2K

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quasi-4K

2K

NHK booth

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HDR Camps?

Dolby-Samsung

AMV-Sony-Tektronix

AMV Zurich

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Non-Virtual VR Reality

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YI Halo (Google Jump)

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Ricoh Theta

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Lume Cube

1500 lm, 60° Bluetooth control waterproof to 100’ 1.5 in3, 3.5 oz

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Canon’s Immersive Theater

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flight through Times Square

flap to gain altitude

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Broadcast & Associates 

No ATSC 3.0 Pavilion 

Sinclair Tribune purchase 

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end up with223 stations in 108 DMAs (including 39 of top 50)

TV Engineering Award: 1 WTC Repack 

affects wireless mics 

Alteros GTX UWB 6.5 GHz 24 TX

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Evolution Becomes Revolution

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The Evolution Revolution Continues  

V-Nova Perseus 2: 300 kbps HD AI/machine learning/CNN 

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convolutional neural nets

Atomos price drops and size increases

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Who Is Watching Whom?

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Atomos

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Display’s the Thing     

brother AirScouter WD-330C kino-mo Hypervsn Display Devices Hunan Yestech Optoelectronic Sony  

Acoustic Surface Technology Canvas

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Hunan Yestech Optoelectronic

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Cerevo Tipron

“up to 250 lm” (