wireless
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Has Rode Solved the Curse of Wireless Mics?
I’ve been using wireless microphones for years. Even if you’re doing an interview with someone ten feet away from the camera, it’s just so much easier to use a wireless mic than have to deal with cables running everywhere. But one of the dirty secrets of wireless mics has been that they have been using open spectrum which wasn’t officially designated for that purpose. Fifteen years ago, when I bought my first wireless system, it was a Sony unit operating in the 700 MHz spectrum. Then in 2007, with the transition to digital television, the FCC went and reorganized the […]
by Michael Murie on Jan 24, 2015 -
MEDIA CURRENT: ARE YOU BEING THROTTLED?
Do you watch movies via a wireless connection on your laptop, tablet, smartphone or even TV set? If so, have you received a love letter from your service provider informing you to either go on a digital data diet or plan to pay more to suck down more streaming 1s and 0s? If not, it will arrive shortly. The leading wireless companies are changing the usage and pricing models they have long used, shifting the industry from one with “unlimited” plans to “limited” deals. These new limited plans tier data downloads to the ability to pay. AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Virgin […]
by David Rosen on Mar 19, 2012
