2007-2008 Season... Section Calendar Some dates are still tentative SMPTE/New England meetings are usually held at 7:00pm (refreshments at 6:30) on the third Wednesday of every month from September through June. Locations vary to allow attendees to tour various sites of interest. You don't have to be a SMPTE member to attend and there is no admission charge. Students and the public are invited to attend. Join our e-mail meeting announcements list and we'll send you e-mail every month so you don't have to keep on checking the web site. You don't have to be a member to get these announcements. September 26: Using DVB-S2 and MPEG-4 for Improved Operations for DSNG and Satellite Broadcast October 17: Transitioning to a Digital Media Distribution System November 14: Television Station Extreme Makeover at WGBH-TV2 December 12: "XDCAM Technology" January 23: SMPTE New England's Annual Digital Video Showcase! February 27: AVC-Intra, the logical choice for high quality HD field acquisition? March 8: Green Lights for the Television Studio April 23: SMPTE New England Post NAB Wrap-Up May 21: EMC Storage Solutions in Broadcast Environments June 18: To be announced...

Previous Seasons Meeting Writeups From the Around SMPTE/New England Newsletter Not all meetings were written up, just the ones with links. September 2005 to June 2006 September 24: An IMAX Technical Journey October 25: Distance Learning and Video Over IP Technologies November 16: Film/Video Scoring December 12: Introducing a New Live Production Technology January 18: Annual Digital Production Showcase at WCVB-TV5 February 16: Moving the Moving Image March 28: Shooting and Editing HD May 3: Annual NAB Wrap-Up at WBZ-TV4 May 20: Behind the Scenes at ESPN Headquarters September 2004 to June 2005 September 15: Compressed vs. Uncompressed HD Mastering at AVID Technology in Tewksbury October 20: Lighting November 23: HD Update December 15: DV Film Making Holiday Inn, Dedham January 19: Annual Digital Production Showcase at WCVB-TV5 February 16: HD Encoders March 16: Adobe Digital HD Workflow April 27: Annual NAB Wrap-Up at WBZ-TV4 May 14: An IMAX Technical Journey (rescheduled for September) June 16: HD Boot Camp September 2003 to June 2004 October 16: Sony Professional Disc/Emerson College's New Facility November 20: Solid-State Recording December 10: IMAX Film Production January 21, 2004: Our Annual Digital Production Showcase February 18: Advanced Displays March 10: HDTV Boot Camp Now available: 6-set DVD of the entire day! April 28: Our Annual NAB Wrapup May 26: Wireless Streaming June 23: Our Annual Barbecue and Technology Retrospective September 2002 to June 2003 September 18: Real-World HDTV. October 8: Digital Facility Design November 20: UI Design December 18: New Recording Technology January 15: Annual Nonlinear/Post-Production Technology Showcase February 19: Broadcast/Production Compression March 19: Lighting Boot Camp #2 April 16: NAB Wrapup May 9: Boston Ballet Sound System Design May 21: IP Video June 24: End Of The Year Barbecue and Retrospective September 2001 to June 2002 September 19, 2001: HDTV Survivor Stories POSTPONED October 17th: Serving To The Future:The Sony NewsBase system at WLVI-TV. November 14 and December 5: Joint SMPTE/New England, SIGGRAPH/Boston and ITVA/Boston Series on Webcasting Technology: November 14: Creating and distributing webcasting signals. December 5: 3D Webcasting for games and product visualizations December 12: Evolving Post Production Issues. New Models? New Directions? January 16, 2002: Our Annual SMPTE-NE Non-Linear Showcase. February 20: To Infinity and Beyond! Avid's Glimpse Into Our Future. March 20: Lighting Boot Camp April 17: NAB Wrapup May: Meeting Cancelled. June 19: SMPTE goes to the movies (IMAX) September 2000 to June 2001 September 28, 2000: Is HDTV Really Dead? At WCVB-DT in Needham October 25: Hands-On Web Broadcasting November 15: Digital to Film/Film to Digital December 9: Digital Cinema: Are Sprocket Holes an Endangered Species? January 17, 2001: Our Annual Nonlinear Showcase February 28: Computer Animation Festival (Joint meeting with SIGGRAPH/Boston) March 6: Adobe Premiere 6.0 Rollout (Cancelled due to snow.) March 21: From Einstein to TechnoBubba: How do you know it's any good? The April meeting (NAB wrapup) was moved to May because the show was so late this year. May 9: Our Annual Post-NAB Wrapup June 13: The Big Picture: Displays and Monitoring plus Tales from the Becksonian Museum September 1999 to June 2000 October 20: Production for the Next Millenium November 17: Digital ENG December 15: Fiber Optic Technology January 19: Annual Nonlinear Overview February 25: Photons vs. Electrons: Cable and Fiber-Optic Technology March 15: 3D Computer Graphics: Synapix's 3D Extraction Technology April 26: NAB Wrapup at WBZ-TV May: Digital Broadcast Video Servers at Seachange International June 7: HDTV & DTV, plus our Annual Barbecue and Historical Retrospective September 1998 to June 1999 September 16, 1998: WSBK-TV's new Media Pool Server October 7: DTV Express November 18: Hands-On with the Trinity Play December 16: HDTV Production Technology January 20: Annual Nonlinear Overview February 25: Networked Post-Production (Rescheduled for March 29). March 29: Networked Post-Production April 29: NAB Wrapup at WBZ-TV May 22: WLVI-TV Goes Digital, Part 2 June 16: End-of-Season Technical Retrospective and Technology Demo September 1997 to June 1998 September 10, 1997: New ProductionTechnology at CF Video October 22, 1997: DVCPRO at WFXT-TV (No writeup available) November 19: The Future of NonlinearEditing, with Discreet Logic December: The New Digital Tape Formats meeting was cancelled January 21, 1998: Nonlinear Editing Showcase February 18: Digital Archiving at WGBH-TV March 18th: Digital Audio April 29th: NAB Wrapup May 30th: Rebuilding WLVI-TV for the21st Century/Vibrint Technology video servers) June 17th: Annual Retrospective andBarbecue at Video Transfer in Southboro September 1996 to June 1997 September 16 & 25, 1995: Digital Audio & Video Seminars October 30: New Projection/DisplayTechnology November 6: Weather Graphics at WSI December 10: New Digital Videotape Formats and New Tape Technology January 22, 1997: Nonlinear Editing Showcase February 19: Motion Control Camera Work at the Frame Shop March 19th: Ancillary Signals (at WGBH-TV) April 30th: NAB Wrapup May 28th: Server-based video production June 18th: Annual Retrospective and Barbecue (Cancelled). September 1995 to June 1996 September 20, 1995: An Evening in Cyberspace October 18-19: Panasonic ProFormanceTour November 7: Broadband Communication December 13: High-Resolution Video Server January 17, 1996: The New DigitalTape Formats, Panasonic Response to writeup February 21: Non-linear Showcase March 20: The PEGS: MPEG, JPEG, M-JPEG and other compression technologies, w/emphasis on latest Sony developments April 24: NAB Roundtable '96 April 27: Special meeting: Motion Picture Sound May: This meeting did not take place. June 20: Annual Barbecue and Historical Exhibit. January to June 1995 December 15, 1994: Digital Cameras January 26: Nonlinear Editing System Showcase February 23: Digital TV March 16: Media Servers April 20: NAB Wrapup Sidebar: Open System Nonlinear Systems Sidebar: New Digital Tape Formats Closing thoughts: Final Curtain May 24: CD-ROM Production June 29: Barbecue/Historical Exbibit

Last Updated: 10 October 2005 Bob Lamm, SMPTE/New England Newsletter/Web Page Editor blamm@cync.com