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Medà©a’s VideoRaid FCR2 and FCR2X

Medà©a's VideoRaid FCR2 and FCR2X Fibre Channel RAID storage arrays are now compatible with the Kona 2 dual rate HD/SD capture card from AJA Video Systems. 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 »

The Big Picture

Booth N5000, North Hall LVCC is of interest for at least one reason: The studio camera and transmission picture formats ' as well as some of the ENG cameras they'll use ' will be 720p/60, not 1080i/30. more »

Breaking News at NAB

Panasonic looks to have a genuine hit on its hands with the new AG-HVX200 1080i/720p/480i multi-format camcorder it debuted at NAB. Serving as a hybrid camera for those still undecided about whether to shoot in standard- or high-definition, more »

Apple Has HD to Burn In Amped-Up Final Cut Studio

Filling in the remaining gaps in its suite of post tools, Apple demoed Final Cut Studio running on the "Tiger�? or 10.4 version of its OS X at NAB. Upgrades in FCP, Motion and DVD Studio Pro are combined in the $1299 package, more »

Issues & Agendas:

The hot and heavy debate over the future HD video disc format has recently cooled after Sony's incoming president suggested the obvious: consumers don't want another format war over HD movies. Maybe, he suggested, there will be a compromise. more »

Gotta Have It!

The lore of filmmaking is full of great project financing stories-like the times when Orson Welles financed his movies virtually by the day in Europe or Spike Lee used his credit card to underwrite his debut movie She's Gotta Have It. more »

Gotta Have It

The lore of filmmaking is full of great project financing stories-like the times when Orson Welles financed his movies virtually by the day in Europe or Spike Lee used his credit card to underwrite his debut movie She's Gotta Have It. more »

60-Second Q&A

While ABC's owned-and-operated stations announced that they will use Sony's XDCAM optical disc recording system for news acquisition - both in SD initially and in HD later when it becomes available - the ABC network has not made a commitment to any HD format or recording system. more »

60-Second Q&A

Cinematographer and director, until recently, on Star Trek Enterprise, Rush moved the Paramount Television sci-fi series, which has since been cancelled, to an HD workflow as a cost-saving measure. (Six episodes have yet to air.) We caught up with him … more »