Back in the early 2000s, if you used a video camera of any sort, whether it was a home video camera or a professional ENG-style rig, it recorded to one type of format: tape. Then along came XDCAM.

This week, the National Association of Broadcasters converges in Las Vegas for its annual convention, a show we here at CNET usually ignore; after all, while the typical CNET reader may have a room ...