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HDTV and Home Theater Podcast #350 - 2009 Super Bowl Facts
by The HT Guys on January 30, 2009 Categories: Sports
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Today's Show:
We discuss reactions to an article on why people aren't watching HDTV and go over some of the cool HDTV techie facts for the 2009 Super Bowl.

Super Bowl Facts
  • NBC will Televise this year's Super Bowl from Tampa on Sunday
  • The number of expected viewers is just under 100 Million in the US alone
  • There will be 10 production trucks handling the broadcast from Pre-Game to Post Game
  • Three trucks are dedicated to HD
  • Sony will provide most of the 55 cameras used to shoot the game
  • There will be two Sony HDC-3300 Slomo Cameras
  • Most of the HD Lenses will be made by Canon
  • Wendel Stevens will be doing the 5.1 mix for the game
  • NBC will use a delay as the players are being introduced because the microphones will be right next to the players.
  • The half time show will also be delayed
  • NBC will use more fiber than any other football event (50 miles)
  • There are no plans for online streaming of the game
  • A 30 second ad on this year's Super Bowl will cost $3M

Source: TVTechnology.com


Posted by The HT Guys, January 30, 2009 12:58 AM

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The HT Guys, Ara Derderian and Braden Russell, are Engineers who formerly worked for the Advanced Digital Systems Group (ADSG) of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ADSG was the R&D unit of the sound department producing products for movie theaters and movie studios.

Two of the products they worked on include the DCP-1000 and DADR-5000. The DCP is a digital cinema processor used in movie theaters around the world. The DADR-5000 is a disk-based audio dubber used on Hollywood sound stages.

ADSG was awarded a Technical Academy Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2000 for the development of the DADR-5000. Ara holds three patents for his development work in Digital Cinema and Digital Audio Recording.

Every week they put together a podcast about High Definition TV and Home Theater. Each episode brings news from the A/V world, helpful product reviews and insights and help in demystifying and simplifying HDTV and home theater.

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