the weekly ordeal that is CTV's equipment

yep, we just keep "rolling with the punches" equipment-wise at the channel.

Trying to put together an hour-long show every two weeks is a monumental, stressfull task in of itself. Compound this with the shoddy equipment configuration & settings used to actually edit and dub the show. (video artifacts, degraded picture, compressed, tinny audio) For good measure, add mono playback & extra audio compression from SI Cable when aired. (yes, CTV is the only channel on time warner cable in mono-left channel only audio!)
Whaddya get?...a program that sounds like total shit and looks very close.
We are at wits end after months of balking.
Our artistic "vision" is being seriously compromised.
Therefore, after 9 years, I am doing everything in my power to move the editing of industrialTELEVISION to my home set-up, thereby eliminating at least two of the above problems.
The problem stems from the current director (for whom a replacement is being sought) and his poor choices, as well as the main culprit - the "technician" who "maintains" the equipment.
Just posting this makes my stomach knot-up, thinking of the weekly "stress-session" tech debacle that is editing on CTV's gear.
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