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Holographic Plans for the Post-DVD World

With high-profile demos at NAB, at least two different media manufacturers are looking to go blue-laser-based HD DVD and Blu-ray optical discs one better, with holographic storage techniques that send disc more »

The Birth of a New Studio?

With the purchase of The Post Group, announced April 1, as well as audio facility Novastar Digital Sound Services, brothers Matt and David Cooper have added two more companies to a growing portfolio of media more »

The Big Picture at NAB

Yes, there were cameras at NAB this year. But the news wasn't about how you'll be acquiring images in the future, but what you'll do with them once you get them. Sub- $10,000 HD cameras can record to DV more »

HOT HOUSE: Reel FX Creative Studios Ramps Up for Animated Fare

With its recent move to a 74,000-square-foot building in the hip Deep Ellum district of Dallas, the veteran spot shop Reel FX Creative Studios is gearing up for a major expansion into more »

Sounding Off

We all know that the mandated audio standard for HTDV is Dolby Digital 5.1 multichannel sound. How to effectively create it-in both live and studio productions-gets a bit more challenging even for the top experts in the sound business. more »

Issues & Agendas:

Most of the news about Blu-Ray Disc technology has centered on its high-profile campaign to become the next consumer HDTV distribution format. But a new company, Blu-Laser Cinema (formerly Blu-Ray Cinema)-located a stone's throw from more »

Sony Springs CMOS Surprise

Sony surprised many this week by circumventing the nagging delivery and artifact problems of currently announced cameras based on CMOS technology and-drawing on its still-significant R&D and manufacturing clout-using a new imager of its own. more »

Sony Springs a CMOS Surprise

Sony surprised many this week by circumventing the nagging delivery and artifact problems of currently announced cameras based on CMOS technology and-drawing on its still-significant R&D and manufacturing clout-using a new imager of its own. more »

The Little HD Camcorder That Can

While Apple took the HD post front at NAB, Panasonic broke acquisition ground by introducing a camcorder with vertical resolutions that span 480i to 1080p. The new AG-HVX200 records in DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, and DVCPRO HD formats. more »

Avid Acquires Pinnacle Systems

The editing market shrinks again. Avid Technology announced in March that it planned to acquire Pinnacle Systems in a cash-and-stock deal more »