Keisoku Giken Offers Uncompressed Recording in Stereo
08|25|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
Users of cameras with uncompressed HD-SDI outputs, including the ARRI D-21, the Panasonic AJ-HPX3700 VariCam, and the Sony F23 and F35, have a new tapeless workflow option with the Keisoku Giken (KG) UDR-D100 portable uncompressed recorder.... »
CineDDR Offers a Disk-Based HDCAM SR Alternative
07|28|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
Lots of people are fans of HDCAM SR as a high quality tape-based technology for acquisition and post, but many of them are not so enamored of the price point for HDCAM SR decks.... »
60-Second Q&A: DriveSavers on the Potential for Disaster
06|23|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
DriveSavers, a company well known for providing pricey but valuable options for recovering corrupted or otherwise lost data from a failing or failed hard disk, has begun offering data recovery from P2 media.... »
P2 Price Drop is Big News for Panasonic
04|28|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
Panasonic dramatically reduced the costs of P2 acquisition by introducing the new "E Series" P2 card. Next month, 16 GB and 32 GB E-Series P2 cards are slated to be available for $420 and $625, respectively, with a $998 64 GB version to follow in August.... »
Avid's 'Openness' Initiative Puts Final Cut on Unity
04|28|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
It’s not quite on the same level with peace in the Middle East, but Avid clearly felt it had a certain level of reconciliation at NAB. It led its show announcements with the news that Avid had qualified Final Cut Pro to run on Avid Unity MediaNetwork and ISIS. For example, users can now run Avid and FCP on the same shared-storage system.... »
In Brief ...
03|24|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
Bite-size news from Quantel, NewTek, Teresis Media Management, Light Illusion, G-Tech/Hitachi GST... »
G-Tech Launches External Solid-State Drive Line-up
01|27|2009 – By Bryant Frazer
G-Technology announced a new wrinkle in a product category that's become a critical part of digital production toolkits. For the first time, the company is making its external drives for Macs available in solid-state formats. The company said customers would find the new drives capable of withstanding "extreme shock" (up to 1500 Gs) and able to operate reliably at higher altitudes, vibration and temperatures than hard disks.... »
Avid Bumps Max ISIS Capacity to 384 TB
12|16|2008 – By Bryant Frazer
Avid expanded the maximum capacity of its Unity ISIS networked storage system with version 2.0, which now scales up to 384 TB of storage (196 TB fully mirrored) with up to 330 real-time clients.... »
Aberdeen Shows 50 TB Stirling Storage Server
11|18|2008 – By Bryant Frazer
The X881 is spec’d to deliver up to 64 concurrent HD video streams.... »
Free Library Tool Organizes Videos
09|23|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
For those looking for an inexpensive way to organize their video libraries in digital form, TMPG (Gardena, CA) has introduced TMPGEnc Karma, a digital video library organizational tool available as freeware.... »
Portable HD Acquisition on Wheels
09|09|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
Rental company Fletcher Chicago has unveiled the Fletcher Digital Management System (DMS), a portable production system that gives production professionals a convenient way to store and back up content while on set for HD commercial production and motion picture projects.... »
Maximum Throughput Builds a Better Sledgehammer
08|26|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
Europeans will get their first look at the latest version of Maximum Throughput’s Sledgehammer server, with its built-in MAXmedia browser-based media management application at IBC in Amsterdam (Hall 7, Stand J18). It adds new features that address performance, collaborative workflows, media assembly, media search and retrieval, metadata compatibility and device integration, and format conversion and encoding... »
Solid-State Storage Trend Masks Hidden Costs
08|26|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
Many of today’s professional HD camcorders record their video data onto solid-state memory cards. A trip to any video store will quickly show even more consumer camcorders are doing the same.... »
Electronic Giants Agree on Wireless HD Standard
08|12|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
A group of leading names in high-definition video has announced support of a new standard for multi-room audio, video and control connectivity utilizing Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI) technology. The companies are Sony, Sharp, Hitachi, Samsung and Motorola.... »
Drobo Offers Fast Access To Stored Material
07|22|2008 – By Michael Grotticelli
Data Robotics, manufacturer of the Drobo storage device, has introduced a second-generation model with FireWire 800, improved USB 2.0 performance and an upgraded core processor. The company claims the new Drobo is the fastest product in its class for managing and storing digital information.... »
- Keisoku Giken Offers Uncompressed Recording in Stereo
- Panasonic Makes the HPX300 a Studio Camera
- The Foundry Releases RollingShutter Plug-in for CMOS Artifacts
- Envivio Knocks HD IPTV Bitrate Requirements Below 6 Mbps
- TPMGEnc Adds 1080p DivX Support
- NetBlender Adds AVC Encoding to Blu-ray Authoring Package
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