Distribution and Routing of Digital HDTV Signals in the Production Plant

Since 1968, Dayton has been active in the broadcast industry. He spent 4 years in television production and equipment maintenance, while at the same time studying for his BSEE at the University of Nevada, Reno. In 1973, he joined Grass Valley Group Inc (now Tektronix, Inc) and for the next 16 years was instrumental in the management and design of many products. From 1983 to 1989 he held the position of VP of Engineering. In 1989 Dayton, together with Bill Amos and Guido Galli, founded NVISION, Inc with the goal of building products for the “impending” HDTV studio. In the “short interim” while the definition of HDTV was being completed, NVISION, Inc focused on the rest of the signal layers in a video production plant. Over the last 20 years, Dayton has spent considerable time working on industry committees helping to advance the state of the art. He was involved in the development of SMPTE analog and digital component video standards, and was co-chairman of the SMPTE High Definition Electronic Production working group. He also chaired the Systems Analysis working party of the ACATS (Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service). Dayton is a Fellow of the SMPTE, a member of the IEEE, and currently is the holder of 16 patents.