Video Systems December 2004
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
Lights, camera, uniforms! It may sound like an odd combination, but it's the order of the day at the world's largest training school for video and audio production. Established by the Department of Defense (DoD), the Defense Information School (DINFOS) is located just outside of Washington, D.C....
By Trevor Boyer
At the end of every year, Video Systems editors and contributors pick the products that have done the most to advance video technology and put that technology in the hands of video professionals....
By Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director
For those of you who missed out, the Internet this month provided a strange glimpse of how the line between a video camera and a gun can be disconcertingly thin....
By Steve Mullen
Until recently, if you shot HD you generally used either the HDCAM or DVCPRO HD formats. Then you used a post suite that had the appropriate playback...
By Barry Braverman
The Canon XL2 is the long-awaited successor to the legendary XL1 and XL1S, the two cameras that brought functionality and respect to DV cinematography...
Featured this month:
Jery Winters: JeryJig, JeryClip, JeryClamp
Rosendahl: BonsaiDrive
Laird: VGO
K-Tek: Avalon
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By Bob Turner
Shared storage may finally be ready to be considered for the majority of postproduction facilities whether the single operator boutique or the multiple-suite facility....
By Frank McMahon
SmartSound's Sonicfire Pro is probably the leader in soundtrack creation because it doesn't really have much competition, at least not at the level that...
Featured this month:
Video Technics: Apella Video Clip Server
Leitch: NewsFlash Preditor
ProCon Technology: vStor v1000
Infrant Technology: ReadyNAS 600
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By Jeff Sauer
Silicon Optix's recently announced Realta is an image processing chipset for de-interlacing, noise reduction, scaling, and cadence detection. ...
Featured this month:
Sharp Systems of America: IT-23M1U
Canon Realis: SX50
Christie: LU77
Sencore Electronics: Auto CalPro (ACP) 6500
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By Frank McMahon
The number of video producers creating their own soundtracks continues to grow for several very simple reasons. First of all, it's now fairly easy to...
By Frank McMahon
I wish Apple made Windows products. Seriously, DVD Studio Pro 3 is such a sweet suite that it hardly seems fair that Apple users have all the fun....
Featured this month:
NEC: ND-3500A
CyberLink: Power Producer 3
InterVideo: WinDVD DVD
Maxell: DVD-R Plus, DVD-R Broadcast Quality
Sony's: DRU-710A, DRX-710UL
Zootech: DVD-Extra Studio 1.5
Sonic Solutions: MyDVD Studio Deluxe
CMS: ABSplus
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By Cody Holt
If you watch TV between Thanksgiving and New Year's, chances are you've seen video footage courtesy of the Army & Air Force Hometown News Service. ...
A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics.
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I read the Intelligence article recently in Video Systems magazine (September). The data is incomplete. While it is very true that film and video studios are feeling the heat of increased competition, ...
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