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Video Systems January 2002

Viewpoint

When film becomes video

Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director

As soon as the first 1080 HD cameras rolled out of the factory, talk started about the death of film. But when Sony debuted a 1080 24p camera designed...


Features

Lessons in HD

By Darroch Greer

Two new documentaries prove that high-def video can make the grade in the resurgent world of nonfiction filmmaking.

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Web News Comes of Age

By Stephen Porter

Even though their streaming video clips still can’t rival TV footage for dramatic impact, web news sites may finally be getting the respect they’ve craved for so long. In the last few months, these sites have seen a doubling and tripling of their traffic volumes......


Get 'em While They're Hot

By Peter H. Putman, CTS

Video Systems 2002 Projector Buyers Guide

One of the benefits of covering the electronic display industry is having the privilege of plowing through endless reams of press releases and product cut sheets for the latest front-projection systems....


Shrink to Fit

By Philip De Lancie

Mpeg Video FAQ

When the International Standards Organization (ISO) established a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) back in 1988, there was no QuickTime, Web, intranets, DVD, or digital cable....


Numbers

January 2002 Numbers

Compiled by Andrea Harden

A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics....


Products

Products

Electric Image Universe 4.0, Final Cut Pro 3, CineWave RT, Sony DSR-370L camcorder, NEC PlasmaSync 50MP2, and more....


Solutions

Blue notes in high-def

By Trevor Boyer

Pianist Chick Corea celebrated his 60th birthday by playing New York's legendary Blue Note. But “the jazz capital of the world” is actually quite tiny....


Boarding planes vs. the boardroom

By Trevor Boyer

Looking to cut its annual travel costs by $1.5 million, Crossmark started looking into videoconferencing....


From takeoff to landing

By Trevor Boyer

Former NASA administrator Daniel S. Goldin was a strong proponent of high-definition video....


The Cut

Thinking outside the Boxx

By Bob Turner

In last month's column, I discussed the possibility of a paradigm shift occurring in postproduction. I suggested that change could take the form of a...


web.video

Making money on the Web

By Frank McMahon

As streaming video and downloadable movies on the Web begin to hit their stride both in technology and breadth of content, providers are scrambling to...


Audio Tracks

Getting started with web audio

By Gary Eskow

Know what I like best about this job? That the income I derive from it has allowed me to purchase a cozy vacation chateau in the south of France? Nope....


Reviews

1 Canon XL1S

By Steve Mullen

This new version of the popular XL1 camcorder means more Canon fodder for DV shooters....


2 Miranda ARC-372p

By Erik Holsinger

Miranda's new aspect ratio converter sizes 16:9 video for a world that still sees 4:3....


3 Corel Bryce 5.0

By Frank McMahon

The best 3D landscaping program on the market is in good hands with Corel....


Musings

A new point of view

By Cody Holt

Ask Scott Goldstein to name the career accomplishment he is most proud of, and he doesn't mention either of the two Emmys he won for producing L.A. Law....


Spotlight

Post 9/11

By Darroch Greer

Swietlik, Inc. was founded as a commercial post house 12 years ago by Dan Swietlik. (If you saw the logo, you would know to pronounce the name sweet lick.)...


Inbox

NASCAR impressions

Letters from our readers....


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