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Video Systems October 2004

Video in the Public Interest

By Tom Patrick McAuliffe

As funding shrinks, public service organizations large and small are traveling less and are looking to video and broadband streaming to do more. Using video in all its forms from tape to streaming, national, state, and local governments are increasingly...


Viewpoint

A/V at ETS

By Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director

This month, our fellow Primedia publications Entertainment Design and Lighting Dimensions put on a weeklong event the Entertainment Technology Show (ETS)...


Shoot

Sony's HDV Debut

By Steve Mullen

It had been a long, quiet summer on the HDV front. Then, a few days before the opening of IBC 2004 in Amsterdam, came Sony's HDV cam-corder announcement....


Shoot Review —
Focus Enhancements FireStore DR-DV5000

By Barry Braverman

As a shooter you know all too well that it's your camera's weak spot. Its appetite for battery power can be voracious, often requiring you to cart a case...


Shoot Tools


Canon: Optura 500
Century Optics: 1.6X LC Tele-Converter
Lastolite: Ezybalance
Anton/Bauer: UltraDaylight
Azden: SGM-1000
Arri: Studio Cool line
Photoflex: OctoDome nxt
Audio Technica: Pro 24
...


Edit

Editing for Everyone

By Bob Turner

Around this time of year (from the start of school until Christmas), it is common for editors to be asked by friends and relatives what editing software...


Getting a Grip

By Bill Miller

How many times have you been caught in the middle of Sherwood Forest, chasing Robin Hood, when a screw comes loose on your camera mount and you don't...


MIDI Music Round-Up

By Frank McMahon

Music software gets better each year. Advancements make songs easier to create and allow more control over scores. You may have experimented with Sony's...


Edit Review — Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7.0

By Steve Mullen

When I went to see the new MediaStudio Pro 7 at the Ulead booth at NAB, I quickly realized that Ulead had progressed further than anyone else in making...


Edit Tools


Leitch Technology: VelocityQ 0x4
Canopus: Edius HD
Addonics Technologies: Addonics MFR
EditShare: EditShare
...


Display

Flat Panel Roundup

By Jeff Sauer

When it comes to monitors, it's no news flash that flat and thin are cool. Flat and thin have been tauntingly tempting since the first plasma monitors...


Truck Expo

By Beck Finley

The Mid-America Trucking Show, the largest truck-buying event in the nation, was held in Louisville, Ky., March 25 to 27 and featured more than 400,000...


Display Tools


Digital Projection: iVision HD-7
Pesa: Cat Paws
ADS Technologies: Instant VideoMPX
Canopus: ADVC110
...


Integrate

Share and Share Alike

By S. D. Katz

Most production pipelines are a mixed environment of competing software, proprietary code, and legacy systems. We may expect companies to resist communicating...


Integrate Review — Cakewalk Project5

By Frank McMahon

Video producers are always struggling with soundtrack creation. Some of us use off-the-shelf, royalty-free music beds, some hire musicians, and others...


Integrate Tools


Digital Rapids: StreamZ
Streambox Systems: 4:2:2 Color Profile
Telestream: QuickTime plug-in
Optibase: MGW 2000e
...


Dream Job

Museum Pieces

By Cody Holt

As an elementary school student, Loretta Rivers was fascinated by the people and places she saw on the pages of Life magazine and the three-dimensional...


Intelligence

October 2004 Intelligence

Compiled by Andrea Harden

A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics....


Inbox

Laptop Specs and Recs

I think receiving the monthly Video Systems has replaced the excitement I used to feel as a child when the phone books would arrive. In truth, Video Systems...


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