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From: lairdb@crash.cts.com (Laird P. Broadfield)
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Subject: Re: CNN From Baghdad
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Date: 20 Jan 91 06:21:24 GMT
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In re. all this CNN stuff, I had an interesting series of thoughts the
other night; given the tiny size of home-quality video equipment these
days, combined with the small size of cellular equipment (and
presumably Iridium equipment, when it comes out) once Iridium exists,
there will no longer be communication-type barriers to ENG
(electronic-news-gathering.)

Think about it: Take the motors, gears, and so forth out of one of
those tiny Sony 8mm vtr-cameras, and what's left isn't much.  Add back
the size of a handheld cellular, and you're back to the original.
Factor in the R&D that professional ENG customers can afford to pay
for, and you've got *at least* still-frame buffering, and possibly
compression and multi-banding sufficient for full motion.

If somebody wants to prevent information-flow, there going to have to
take away anything larger than a paperback book from *every* reporter
present.


Laird P. Broadfield                      
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