Broadcast camera fiber comes wrapped in standards numbers — SMPTE 311, SMPTE 304, opticalCON — that get used interchangeably and incorrectly all the time. Here's what each one actually is, how they fit together at the patch panel, and when a plain...
Read more →Every video patchbay order asks you the same three questions: normalled or non-normalled? Terminated or non-terminated? And which jack format? Get them right and the patchbay disappears into your plant for a decade. Get them wrong and you'll be re-terminating coax on...
Read more →SDI keeps getting faster — and the patch panel is the easiest place to accidentally bottleneck a 4K plant. Here's a plain-English guide to the SDI generations, what they demand from a video patchbay, and how to pick the right panel format...
Read more →If you're speccing a video patchbay for a broadcast plant, truck, or master control room, you'll run into the term WECO almost immediately — usually with no explanation attached. Here's what it actually means, how WECO patching works, and how to choose...
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