The "HD Engineer,"
as he's known, has just
fired up a blog providing behind the scenes info
and pics at the Torino Olympics. HD Engineer is a broadcast engineer working with NBC on the high-def coverage and has
some tidbits o' info on what's really happening with the coverage. There's not much content on the blog yet (so we'll
be watching), and we mostly knew this anyway:
- TOBO is the host broadcaster providing coverage to
other venues without any commentary.
- Filming is mostly in HD, but some is in 16:9 digital SD.
- The uncompressed coverage is 1.5 Gbps.
- Different distribution methods are clearly varying the content
quality.
Check out the blog for some pics you wouldn't normally get a chance to see, such as the Master
Control room and a map of the International Broadcast Center.
posted Feb 15th 2006 3:36PM
Really impressive! It goes without saying. Interestingly to observe them do it. I've heard that support of the audio side is Dolby Labs.
All the technology in the world won't make their coverage better. I've been pretty dissapointed... How long is NBC's Olympic contract? I want to see someone else give it a shot.
Interesting, the blog is gone. Did NBC shut him down?