Section Officials
Chairperson
Ron Caird
Pathfire
678 566-5235
[email protected]
Secretary/Treasurer
Zandra Clarke
Turner Networks
[email protected]
Past Chairperson
David Siegler
WSOC-TV
704-355-4795
[email protected]
Membership Chair
Dan Burnett
Program Coordinator
James Wilson
Webmaster
Andy Funk
FOX5 News, WAGA-TV
404-898-0116
[email protected]
Managers
Jack Gary '06
Turner
[email protected]
Doug Keltz '06
Tektronix
[email protected]
Ry Alford '06
T.J. Scott '07
Thomson
[email protected]
Mickey Kroll '07
DST
[email protected]
Dick Perin '07
r[email protected]
404-524-3911
Governors
Jim Edwards �06
Tektronix
J[email protected]
Paul
Hogan �05
Sony
[email protected]
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Atlanta SMPTE List
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Last Updated: 13 November 2025
� Copyright 2004 Atlanta Section, Society
of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
All Rights Reserved
Next Meeting:
Monday, November 14, 2025
Spiced Right BBQ at 6:30 PM
Program Starts at 7:30 PM
Program By:
JVC Professional
Hosted By:
Savannah College of Art and Design (In Atlanta)
1600 Peachtree Road
Atlanta, GA
Topic:
MPEG2 -
New Codecs, New Products, New Workflow
Ken Freed
Sales Engineer, East Region
JVC Professional Company
Wayne, NJ
High Definition video equipment has been priced well beyond the range of all but the very few in our industry. Now the twin developments of the D-VHS/HDV MPEG2 based formats are changing the way we deal with HD.
New HDV camcorders have dramatically lowered the cost of entry into the HD production "arena." Yet the images are so good they have been used for 35mm filmout. Recent HDV product introductions make this a very hot market segment.
The continuing improvement in MPEG2 codecs enables video image quality better than ever with data rates much lower than those required by the older DCT codecs.
These MPEG2 data streams with their lower more effective bandwidth enable workflow changes that use fewer in-plant resources while increasing production speed.
Directions:
Directions to are available online at the SCAD website, and you can download an Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format map.
The
meeting will be held in the "Hub."
Please Join Us:
There is no charge to attend these SMPTE Atlanta Section meetings and everyone is invited. You do not need to be a member to attend, although it is a terrific idea for you to join today. Find out more about the Society Of Motion Picture & Television Engineers at www.smpte.org.
PLEASE POST
Invite your Friends And Colleagues
Position Available:
Crawford is looking for a Post Production Engineer. Contact David Warner, Director of Post Engineering for specific details of this position. He can best be reached via email, [email protected].
Program Suggestions:
Is there a topic that you would like us to cover or want to present? Do you have new equipment or a facility you would like to show off?
We are always looking for hosts and presenters for our meetings.
Please contact:
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Section Internet Mailing List
We have a full-featured Internet mailing list for support of Section activities. List members receive meeting notices and other appropriate announcements. The list is easily administered via the web. You can subscribe, unsubscribe, and change your list options �yourself� on the list Info Page, or view past list messages kept the list Archive.
And now there's another list that may be of interest � AtlTech � created for those in the Atlanta area interested in broadcast, television and motion picture engineering. It is a "place" online where SMPTE members interested in the SBE can learn of what they're doing, and where SBE members can learn of SMPTE activities, etc. You can subscribe, unsubscribe, and change your list options �yourself� on the list Info Page, or view past list message kept in the list Archive.
Comments?
Send your announcements, job openings, or other information of general interest to Section Chair Ron Caird:
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Have comments or suggestions for the Section web site? Send them to Andy Funk, [email protected] or [email protected].
For more information on the Society visit the SMPTE Home Page.
Related sites can be found on our Internet Links page.
Many of our past meeting announcements can be found in our archives directory.
News of Related Organizations:
The Peach State Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers web site at www.broadcast.net/~sbe5/ has information on the activities of this related group.
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