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Apple 30-Inch Cinema HD Display

Hate wishy-washy reviews? You won't find one here. Apple's 30-inch Cinema HD Display is the best computer monitor I've ever used (or have ever seen anyone else use). Period. Why is it the best? That more »

Macromedia Contribute 3

Contribute is Macromedia's attempt to streamline the workflow of professional Webmasters by pushing at least part of the HTML data entry process into the hands of content managers, researchers, developers more »

Serious Magic DV Rack

Serious Magic's DV Rack is an elegant software package that handles all the typical signal monitoring functions of studio test gear, while packing in a variety of handy production features. Using the more »

Panasonic TH-50PHD7UY Display

Panasonic claims a 3000:1 contrast ratio and 11-bit dynamic range for its new 50-inch color gas plasma display, the TH-50PHD7UY. Naturally, I wasted no time putting this claim to the test. After unpacking the more »

Thomson Broadens Customer Base With New HD Camera, New Vision

Thomson, traditionally known for high-end broadcast equipment, is now making inroads in a broader direction by starting to offer HD products to a new targeted user. The company most recently introduced the LDK more »

A Camera’s Eye View of the Sudan Crisis

Seth Doane, an intrepid and startlingly young anchor /correspondent with Channel One News (he's 26), has already seen more of suffering than many a jaded foreign correspondent. His job, gathering and more »

What I’m Using Now

Ciarin Quinn Art director/senior animator, Cinema Concepts, Atlanta, GA Favorite gear: BOXX workstations and render nodes List: Render BOXX (Opteron), $2,123; Render BOXX (Xeon), $2,252; 3DBOXX workstation more »

Tim Miller Gets Animated

Lured to Los Angeles by his buddy Jerome Chen, Tim Miller started off as a compositor and 3D artist at Action Video until he got a job as a character animator at Sony Pictures Imageworks. He saw his chance when more »

Boxx 3200 Workstation

Austin -based Boxx Technologies launches a new series of media-creation workstations offering "exceptional price performance and investment protection." Key Features: AMD Athlon 64 FX or AMD Athlon more »

Century Optics LCD Hood and Widescreen Magnifier for DVX100

Century's new $60 hood for the Panasonic DVX100 fits a 3.5-inch LCD screen for glare-free viewing. Even niftier, the more »