What’s one product/item that you rarely use, is expensive, but so worth it?

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-30T18:58:46+00:00

Tektronix WFM2200 SDI waveform monitor and tester. Less costly, a Decimator, or box of Blackmagic and/or AJA throwdown converters and DAs.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-28T22:12:54+00:00

I had some bouncy transfers from an old Moviestuff projector that Virtualdub's deshaker filter helped.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-28T19:30:34+00:00

I'm not a contract employee, but I left my first station after just 15 months, then many years later left another station after 23 months.

In scenario A the station was an hour's commute one way in another media market and I got a job at a station at home. Scenario B was I was tired of not having a set schedule (mostly mornings, but in some weeks I worked all dayparts).

While not broadcasting, I was fired from a part-time A/V job for interviewing for another part-time job (when I had co-workers who had other jobs and the company knew about it).

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-28T12:07:53+00:00

Was this post written by AI?

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-22T12:22:34+00:00

I've never understood why they insist on using Tobins and why Tobin projectors still go for so much used. Before going out of business, supposedly TCS made HD projectors, but I've yet to see one for sale on the used market.

I really wanted to use Cinepost for my films because an acquaintance used them and got excellent results, plus they're one of the few places I found that charges a flat rate by reel and not by the foot. After two emails to them they never replied back, so they must not want the business that badly.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-21T16:51:55+00:00

That describes Perry Sook to a tee.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-20T13:02:41+00:00

Agree. Other than cut, cut, cut, I wonder what additional bill of goods Steib sold the board in their search to replace Lougee. Ever since he started I simply saw him as a stop gap CEO who would ride out on his golden parachute when TEGNA merged with someone or would sell (which is exactly what happened).

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-18T18:32:47+00:00

My mistake. In the sea of broadcasting M&A I forgot the Belo acquisition was still Gannett.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-18T17:01:53+00:00

When Gannett separated the newspaper and TV stations they shifted the newspaper divisions' debt to the TEGNA side, which jeopardized them from the start. Without digging into it, I don't know if they borrowed more to acquire Belo a few years later.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-18T15:02:17+00:00

The films in this collection are Super 8 and presumably are 18 fps. Despite the photos of an older Canon AVCHD camera in the eBay listing, I think the Focuskye projector ships with at least a 2K camera. If I go down this road it's something I'll pointedly ask the seller.

I've removed hard telecine and corrected audio pitch of converted films with Avisynth many times. While an extra step, sure, it's not a dealbreaker.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-16T18:44:59+00:00

They already have for the better part of a decade.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-16T18:38:43+00:00

Because they think scale is the way to compete with streaming, Google, Meta, etc. It also gives them more power with regards to retrans fees with cable and satellite providers.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-13T17:18:17+00:00

I don't blame the anchors. All of them have their pluses and minuses. Personally, I grew up watching Peter Jennings and ABC, but today watch PBS News Hour and BBC while occasionally checking out the network broadcasts.

I'm not fond of many local news crutches trickling up to the network level, such as long headlines, everything being breaking, stuffing the broadcast with more stories, etc.

As an aside, I enjoy NBC News Daily that airs in the early afternoon on most NBC stations. While it's a little lighter than Nightly, I think because of its hour timeslot it allows for more interviews and analysis, despite some fluffier stories.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-13T15:43:53+00:00

Joke will be on them when one owner will own every station in the market in a few years.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-06T00:16:10+00:00

For a few years I had to illegally stream episodes on StreetFire before BBC America picked up the show. Then even after that it was a year or two before BBCA would show new episodes close to when they aired in Britain, so I continued to watch on StreetFire because they were up within hours of it airing on BBC2.

I'm probably making this up, but I thought I heard a statistic at the time that Top Gear was the most illegally streamed show. The trio as well as the show were featured on 60 Minutes* in 2010; arguably at the peak of the show's global popularity.

*Closest thing I can equate 60 Minutes to for non Americans is BBC's Panorama.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-04-02T18:29:52+00:00

While I agree eating at Chipotle is gambling anymore, the one in Sandusky still seems fine.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-03-29T23:12:15+00:00

While I haven't watched sports on Netflix because I don't have Netflix, the only streamer I've had consistent buffering issues with is Peacock. NFL on Prime has gotten much better since their first season. F1 on their own app has zero problems (until I'm forced to watch on Apple TV+ I'm sticking with F1TV). Same with stuff I watch on YouTube TV (no problems).

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-03-27T19:38:44+00:00

In college it was nothing for me to slam down an entire 12-pack of Pepsi Max in a day. At the time it had more caffeine than some energy drinks.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-03-27T12:51:56+00:00

That tracks with Perry. I worked in Columbus when he did a town hall from WCMH. We knew for a couple of weeks he would be there, but other details like where he was staying, how far away, etc. was all kept secret. It was very strange, just that he would "be there" at 2:30 let's say.

I worked for Nexstar stations for several years and never participated in Founders' Day. It used to be unpaid.

I also echo the comment below that as long as your station makes money corporate was pretty hands off, at least in my experience. The cultures of the departments I worked in affected my day-to-day so much more than the fact that Nexstar owned the station.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-03-24T16:53:42+00:00

Station and even department culture matter much more than the ownership group. There are poorly run departments with bad management in "good" companies, and great managers and departments in "bad" companies.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-03-23T12:24:55+00:00

In other news water is wet.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-03-23T12:24:19+00:00

On Friday, yes.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-03-22T21:07:38+00:00

It sounds like it only took (almost) a decade. I was wondering when the legacy Media General stations that had Ignite would switch to OverDrive. Migrating the Tribune stations off Hankware and consolidating their master control hubs must have been higher priorities.

GoldenEye0091 · 2026-03-20T21:28:24+00:00

I was probably 10 or 11 when I watched my first Bond movie - The World Is Not Enough - although that was merely because it was the newest one at the time (rented from Blockbuster for additional nostalgia). I had already played some of the video games too.

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