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Video Systems June 2002

Viewpoint

Our New Release

Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director

Welcome to Video Systems version 2002. We embarked on the development process last summer, when we decided to break down any preconceptions we'd accumulated...


Cover Story

The Big O

By Cynthia Wisehart

Before there was the Red One camera, Jim Jannard was already a video nut. Here's what was going on with Oakley video in June 2002:
At first you don't notice the python, and frankly he seems doomed. This is really no place for a snake, his terrarium shoved on a shelf...


Special Report

NAB 2002 Pick Hit Awards

By Cody Holt

The more things change, the more they stay the same. This year, there was plenty new at NAB, including an entirely new exhibition hall, the Las Vegas...


Shoot

No Plateau This Year

By Steve Mullen

What better way to inaugurate the Shoot section in the new Video Systems than with coverage of innovative camcorders at NAB? Especially since there actually was innovation at NAB.

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The Essential Rudeness of Being

By Bill Miller

Video production is a breeding ground for rude and callous people. There are countless quicksand traps or sinkholes in which to fall. Tensions abound,...


Fighting the Green Plague

By Barry Braverman

Shooting under fluorescent illumination has always been problematic. Sure, the fixtures run cool and throw off a lot of light given their minimal power...


Shoot Review

By Steve Mullen

Hitachi DZ-MV100ADO DVDCAM

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Shoot Tools

By Trevor Boyer

Panasonic: AK-HC931, Canon: HJ11X4.7B, IDX: Lithium batteries...


Edit

Post NAB

By Bob Turner

That's correct! Four hundred and forty-four models of nonlinear postproduction systems were on the floor of NAB this year.

My interpretation and analysis of this year's NAB data on NLEs can be found on the next page, and also in the NAB Wrap-Up issue of...


Edit Review

By Steve Mullen

Matrox DigiSuite DTV MAX 7.0...


Edit Review

By Frank McMahon

Boris Red 2.1...


EDIT TOOLS

By Trevor Boyer

Noren Products: AcoustiLock, Laird Telemedia: DVora, Pinnacle Systems: Edition, StageTools: MovingPicture 3.0...


Display

Market Mania

By Peter Putman, CTS

For at least three years, readers have asked me when I'll start up a monthly column. Now your wait is over. In this space, I'll provide a mix of commentary, analysis, and even a mini-review now and then. So let's get right to the heart of the matter…...


Star of the Show

Stephen Porter, Video Systems online editor

It's no surprise that “We Will Rock You,” a musical inspired by the rock group Queen and written by award-winning British comedic laureate Ben Elton......


Display Tools

By Trevor Boyer

NEC: MT1056, Dell: 3100 MP, Sampo Technologies: LME-15S1 and LME-17S1, BenQ: P211 and P922...


Integrate

Where Worlds Collide

By Jeff Sauer

When filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard said that making a good movie was one-third getting video right, one-third getting audio right, and one-third getting them to work together, was he talking about integration?

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Integrate Review

By Tom Patrick McAuliffe

Medea VideoRaid RTR Ultra160 SCSI...


Integrate Tools

By Trevor Boyer

FIA Storage Systems: POPnetserver 4500, Miranda: Kaleido-K2, Tektronix: MTS300, 3Dlabs: Oxygen 2 7600 & 5400...


Intelligence

June 2002 Intelligence

Compiled by Andrea Harden

A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics....


Musings

Reaching the Last Child

By Cody Holt

In 1988, the World Health Organization resolved to eradicate polio from the face of the earth by the year 2000. At the time, there were about 350,000...


Inbox

Mortal Syn?

Your statement that Synclavier has always used a Macintosh computer is incorrect (Retro sound, March 2002, page 146). I started using a Mac Plus with...


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