When both meeting host and speaker for the October meeting were forced to cancel due to a last minute production schedule change, former Detroit Section Manager Wallace Murray stepped in and rescued the meeting. The topic of the October 13 meeting was scheduled to be lighting for wide screen television, and the audience of 15 members and guests were treated to a mock demonstration of how lighting fixtures can be easily modified for wide screen using cardboard, gaffer's tape and brute force. After that entertaining introduction, the meeting turned to a real topic, courtesy Ameritech (who also provided a place to meet at their Customer Presentation Center). Mr. Murray explained and demonstrated the Ameritech Serial Component Video Service. He discussed the problems related to fiber optic distribution of Digital Television signals due to the many transmission standards and carriers. The discussion turned to Detroit's DTV status with two stations currently on the air. In a follow-up to the September meeting on DTV plans for the Detroit television stations, Mr. Len Eden from the consulting firm of John F.X. Browne and Associates updated the attendees on some of the plans for field testing in Detroit. The meeting concluded with an informal Q&A session.