CBS Evening News preps HD control room for debut
By Steven Kim 
posted Jun 16th 2008 2:29PM
posted Jun 16th 2008 2:29PM
CBS has finished renovations on its HD control room, dubbed CR47HD, for the CBS Evening News' transition to HD in a few weeks. This is the same control room that 2008 election coverage has been hinging on, and the linked article gives a behind the scenes look at some of the HD gadget-wizardry involved. The control room was last updated in 1985, and as we all know, a lot has changed since then. If our own look behind the scenes of an HD newscast got your attention, you'll want to hit that read link for the same sort of gear-porn writ large. Things like a plasma and LCD video wall, an 80-input Sony production switcher with access to 22 feeds, and eight Sony HDC-1400 studio cameras with Canon glass quicken our pulses, for sure.
They are really gonna have to plaster on the makeup to doll up Katie enough for HD. Nothing like the jaw-dropping hotness on NBC when Anne Curry steps in for Brian Williams, that woman is a serious milf.
Katie Couric in HD = teh fail
How many views will they recieve after the HD changeover = -13000000
Having HD camers in the newsroom is neat and all (many local networks have already converted, including one in my town), but as we're nearing 10 years since HD programming first hit the airwaves, I sure hope HD cameras make it out to the actual NEWS coverage in the field sometime soon.
CBS News has been playing with the Sony XDCamHD cameras (like the PDW-700) since before Sony released them. They have field HD aqusition technology, but you're still gonna see a lot of field work in SD. SD is going to be around for a while, so sit back and enjoy the blurry...