Something that often makes other engineers chuckle is when I tell them about a trick (that I feel I pioneered!) used on such shows as Big Brother and Fame Academy - basically if you run the risk of having to play off the SAN to air via an Avid it is worth deleting all of the Avid error slates (which appear on the machines output if the error condition arises) and replacing them with colour bars with the ident of either the broadcaster or the company taking the signal for you - typically BT or SIS in the UK. That way if your Avid burps while playing it'll display colour bars that (to whoever is watching the feed) look like it's someone else's fault rather than yours!
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