The Engineers Bench Podcast

Top Tips; Audio - The Engineer's Bench Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 23:40:00 -0800

Hugh and Phil talk about some tips and get-out-of-gaol-free cards with respect to broadcast audio.
Go to the website for a PDF of the notes.

KVM-over-IP and Data Encryption - The Engineer's Bench Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 23:57:00 -0700

Hugh and Phil talk about KVM-over-IP systems with particular reference to Teradici and Phil's favourite manufacturer Amulet Hotkey. They also go over the basics of encryption with symmetric and public-key crypto.

Beyond Colour Bars - The Engineer's Bench Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 01:24:00 -0700

Phil and Hugh talk about modern picture quality analysis and why good old fashioned colour bars are of little use to the modern broadcast engineer!

TV Colourimetry 3 - using LUTs for monitor calibration - The Engineer's Bench Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:20:00 -0800

Hugh and Phil go over the practise of using a 3D LUT (look up table) to get OLEDs & LCD televisions closer to the Rec.709 gamut.

Video Compression 101 - The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Sat, 6 Dec 2014 12:56:00 -0800

Hugh and Phil go over the principles of the Discrete Cosine Transform as applied to video compression and the differences between IFrame and long-GOP codecs.

Fibre 102; CWDM & encircled flux - The Engineer's Bench Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 07:54:00 -0700

Hugh and Phil talk about optical multiplexing as well as new methods for accurately testing fibre cables. A few tips on basic fibre cleaning as well.

Intelligent Power Distribution Strips - The Engineer's Bench Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Sat, 5 Apr 2014 06:51:00 -0700

Simon Quill of Bryant Unlimited and Phil go over their range of network controlled, intelligently monitored power distribution units

System Design with Excel - The Engineer's Bench Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:30:00 -0800

Phil & Hugh go over a few tips and tricks for using MS Excel in the design of film & TV facilities

DD-WRT and open source router firmware - The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 02:30:00 -0800

Phil & Tim Taylor go over some of the features of the DD-WRT router firmware and how they can be used to secure a home network

Photosensitive Epilepsy - The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:24:00 -0700

Phil goes over OFCOM, DPP, Harding and other aspects of PSE

Shared storage for Film & TV; The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:46:00 -0700

Hugh and Phil are joined by Rupert Watson of Root6 to talk SANs, NASs and shared storage

Ultra-high-definition television; The Engineer's Bench Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 08:02:00 -0700

Phil and Hugh discuss the coming 4k and 8k TV standard as well as pixel-less video.

Traditional video QC with Tektronix; The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Mon, 27 May 2013 08:21:00 -0700

Hugh and Phil go through some of the principles of traditional video QC using the Tektronix WFM and WVR series test sets.

File-based QC; The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Sat, 11 May 2013 14:47:00 -0700

Hugh and Phil go over some of the principles of file-based QC for television deliverables.

Digital Cinema; The Engineer's Bench Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:45:00 -0700

Phil and Hugh are joined by Laurence Claydon for an introduction to digital cinema.

TCP & Networks part 2 - Protocols; The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:18:00 -0800

Phil continues his conversation with Hugh going over some of the lower-level protocols that are used in IP networks.

TCP & Networking 101; The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:17:00 -0800

This part 1 (of a two-parter) covers the fundamentals of the protocols and practises that drive all internet-derived networks.

RS232 - Fifty years and still going strong; The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:15:00 -0700

Hugh and I go into the details of RS232C and how it is still used in broadcast engineering for configuration and test.

Custom Hardware part 1; The Engineer's Bench Podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Sat, 1 Sep 2012 08:14:00 -0700

Hugh and Phil talk about the need for custom made boxes and panels. They talk about the metalwork as well as circuit details used and wind up with a review of the Arduino platform

Contemporary Display Standards; The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:25:00 -0700

Hugh and Phil take a look at display standards starting with HD/SDi and working through analogue VGA through to DisplayPort.
Hugh talks about some of the work he's been doing with Skillset certifying University TV and Media courses.

Audio 2 - engineering; The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:17:00 -0700

Hugh and I continue our discussion of audio and make particular mention of cabling for TV facilities.

Audio 101; The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:41:00 -0700

Hugh and Phil go over the fundementals of sound and recorded audio in the first of a two-parter

Colourimetry 2 - Calibrating monitors for TV; The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:15:00 -0700

After the intro to colourimetry Hugh and I talk about calibrating monitors for film and TV use.

TV Colourimetry fundamentals; The Engineer's Bench podcast

noreply@blogger.com (phil@threeboys.co.uk) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:13:00 -0700

Hugh and Phil lay the groundwork for the next podcast about monitor calibration. This episode concerns perception of colour in TV