Video Systems September 2003ViewpointThe AV/IT Sales PitchCynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director As communication gets more visually interactive in every way, it seems inevitable that sales pitches will incorporate video.... Cover StoryVideo PhoneBy Cynthia Wisehart 66251. That's the zip code for Sprint's recently completed World Headquarters Campus in suburban Kansas City. Situated on 240 acres of native prairie grasses and wildflowers, the state-of-the-art campus is home to 21 buildings totaling 4 million square feet of office space.... ShootThe Real DealBy Barry Braverman When it comes to DVD these days, it's a fact of the marketplace that content owners are king. With DVD's low per-unit cost for replication and distribution — less than a dollar per disc including the cost of a first-class stamp — those who control the rights to even the most obscure subject matter have the potential to make millions right now. And many folks are doing exactly that.... The Future Looks BrightBy Bill Miller I'm just going on a gut feeling, but now I think the tide is turning and we'll all be “rolling” again soon I am very optimistic about the future.... Shoot Review — BeachTek DXA Series and SVU SeriesBy Tom Patrick McAuliffe Perhaps it's the growing number of surround-sound video playback systems in American homes, or maybe our ears are becoming more sophisticated. Either way, more videomakers are putting an emphasis on good audio acquisition.... Shoot Review — Azden SGM-XBy Tom Patrick McAuliffe With today's cameras, DV and otherwise, manufacturers have made a great effort to include onboard microphones that capture better audio. But OEMs can walk the tightrope of features-versus-price only so far.... Shoot Tools — Optex
OpTex: Pan and Tilt Control System; Bebob Engineering: ZOE DVX; Rob O’Gorman: Lenzcap; VF Gadgets: QT-256... EditOne on OneBy Bob Turner This interview is a small portion of a three-hour discussion with David Krall, the president and CEO of Avid Technology, about the new direction of his company.... How to Edit HDVBy Steve Mullen Those shooting with JVC's JY-HD10 are working on the cutting edge of technology. With a single-chip HD camcorder, they're capturing material in HDV, a new format based on MPEG-2. Unfortunately, editing HDV means working on the bleeding edge of technology.... Edit Review — JVC SR-VD400USBy Steve Mullen Ask most folks in the video industry what a D-VHS VCR is, and you will probably get a puzzled look. Most likely, they will guess it is a VHS deck with a FireWire port.... Edit Tools — CineForm
CineForm: Aspect HD; 12 Inch Design: ProductionBlox; Blackmagic Design: DeckLink Pro; Pinnacle Systems: CinéWave 4... DisplaySteamrolleredBy Peter Putman, CTS If one thing was abundantly clear at Cedia Expo 2003, it's that Texas Instruments' DLP technology has basically taken over the front projector market in the home theater space.... Wall MonitorBy Beck Finley When Washington, D.C.-area broadcaster WJLA-ABC 7 and its sister station, cable network NewsChannel 8, moved to a new production facility in Rosslyn, Va., they gained two state-of-the-art news production control rooms and a new operations transmission control room where station personnel monitor incoming feeds and production elements for news broadcasts.... Display Review — NEC's VT46By Jeff Sauer
“Let's have a screening on Friday night.” Display Tools — Monster Cable Products
Monster Cable Products: ConnectAll 200; Telescript: FPS-200; Da-Lite: Trooper; Peerless Industries: Vision Point mounts... IntegrateApples and Purple OrangesBy Jeff Sauer I've been thinking about SGI a lot lately — the old SGI, the one that once dominated the animation and visualization markets in the '90s. I've been thinking, too, about NAB 1995 when SGI had just acquired Alias and Wavefront, bringing a collection of hugely popular and important IRIX-based software...... Integrate Review — InterVideo DVD CopyBy Frank McMahon InterVideo's DVD Copy focuses on only one thing, and that is making perfect digital copies of DVDs in various formats, including DVD, VCD, SVCD, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and DivX.... IntelligenceSeptember 2003 IntelligenceCompiled by Andrea Harden A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics.... MusingsTruth is Better Than FictionBy Darroch Greer Ray Greene has been beating down the door of independent filmmaking for several years, riding the wave of new technologies. He refers to the new DV formats as “everyman” media, and pays homage first to the French New Wave directors (François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol) for escaping the influence of studios, and second to the vérité documentary filmmakers (Robert Drew, Albert Maysles, D.A. Pennebaker).... InboxNew Choices in DVD
Speaking from the professional space that can't afford Sonic Scenarist, I am absolutely beside myself with delight to hear that Adobe is entering the DVD authoring market (“Print to Disc?” June 2003).... ArticlesIntegrate Tools — Studio Network Solutions
Studio Network Solutions: A/V San and A/V San Pro; Apple: "Panther" Server; Xi Meta: NetDisk; CommandSoft: FibreJet... |
