Video Systems March 2003ViewpointNAB for EveryoneCynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director NAB. Apparently, You Gotta Go. In fact that's often how I feel when I'm on the show floor, power-walking from booth appointment to booth appointment.... Cover StoryGetting on at the XBy Cody Holt TRUDGING THROUGH THE WET SNOW ON HER WAY TO A SNOWMOBILE parked at the base of Buttermilk Mountain, a smile spreads across Dee Gall's suntanned face as she spots Bob Braudis, the tall, jovial, gap-toothed sheriff of Pitkin County, Colo.... X-Games Online Gallery and LinksPhotos by Tony Donaldson Photos and links to accompany the March 2003 coverstory Getting on at the X by Cody Holt.... ShootVideo Lighting IlluminatedBy Bill Miller Over the years, I have received a number of requests asking me to recommend books on TV lighting. While I have always pushed my readers to read as much as they can, I must admit...... Give Yourself a Pat on the BackBy Bill Miller Go ahead. Give yourself a pat on the back. You deserve it. We all do. All of us, that is, who are working in the video profession at the corporate or local TV level.... Shoot Review — Bebob/169 Inc. Zoe DV-LANCBy Barry Braverman It's an ongoing struggle for the serious DV shooter. Sure, we love the format for what it can do for our bottom line, but the physical quality of the low-cost gear we work with often leaves a lot to be desired.... Shoot Review — 169 Inc. DuoPodBy Barry Braverman Monopod addition gives shooters an extra leg to stand on... EditCleaner Than BeforeBy Bob Turner There has been a lot of speculation about when the new Windows version of Discreet Cleaner would be announced...... Edit Review — Steinberg Nuendo Dolby Digital EncoderBy Gary Eskow Once the exclusive domain of high-end theaters designed to handle major Hollywood releases, surround sound has migrated into the home. It will certainly continue to push aside stereo as the de facto audio delivery format in the coming years. Manifest Destiny, I think it's called.... Edit Review — Matrox Parhelia-512By Steve Mullen Every computer I've built has incorporated a Matrox graphics board — beginning with a G100. The reason is simple. They deliver high-performance, high-quality 2D graphics. But nowadays a lot more is required than good 2D graphics.... DisplayMatch Me If You CanBy Pete Putman, CTS Because of the difference between video-standard pixel resolutions and computer-standard pixel resolutions, 1:1 pixel mapping is a hit-or-miss job with today’s projectors and monitors.... Bill Viola's Motion PortraitureEllen Wolff “The Passions,” artist Bill Viola's show at L.A.'s Getty Museum, is a study in the state of video art. His portraits of highly emotional people, shot on film at 200fps to 300fps and transferred to video, play out in extreme slow-motion. Most pieces run off Pioneer DVD players concealed behind the walls, although two large-scale high-definition pieces run off servers from Visual Circuits.... Display Review — Focus Enhancements CenterStage CS-2By Pete Putman, CTS Despite strong digital I/O, video scaler comes up short in user interface and decoding interlaced video.... Bill Viola Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery to accompany Bill Viola's Motion Portraiture from the March 2003 issue.... IntegrateGetting Smart About ProductionBy Dan Ochiva Postproduction can quickly get complicated. As a project grows, finding the right clips, tracking edit versions, and browsing graphics and audio files becomes more and more complex. Sure, you try to keep good notes...... Integrate Review — Sony DRX-500ULBy S. D. Katz New DVD burner finally makes the ‘plus-minus’ standards war irrelevant.... NAB Show ReportSee You in Vegas
This April, Las Vegas plays host once again to the National Association of Broadcasters convention. Attendance numbers have dipped and remain flat since the bubble economy burst a couple years ago. Still, an expected 90,000 attendees is nothing to sneeze at.... NAB ShootBy Steve Mullen THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THREE YEARS OF RECESSION has taken its toll on the video industry — and those of us who cover it. Nevertheless, the camera manufacturers announced several exciting new products at their pre-NAB press conferences. Interestingly, two announcements were of new HD camcorders — one more than $115,000 and one less than $4,000.... NAB EditBy Bob Turner NAB 2003 WILL FEATURE NEW FORMATS, NEW CONNECtivity technology, new workflows, new storage solutions, and most importantly, new products. I expect more than 500 nonlinear editors and compositors at this convention. The new trends include new low-cost high definition technologies, such as JVC's new HD format and Windows Media 9 HD editing capabilities.... IntelligenceMarch 2003 IntelligenceCompiled by Andrea Harden A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics.... MusingsAn Enduring VoiceBy Cody Holt “Here speaks a voice from America. Every day at this time we will bring you the news of the war. The news may be good. The news may be bad. We shall tell you the truth.” With those words, William Harlan Hale introduced Voice of America to a worldwide radio audience...... InboxColumn Ruffles Feathers
The mailman slapped my January copy of Video Systems into the mailbox. I almost slapped him back in my haste to retrieve and read it. I devour all my... |
