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Video Systems March 2005

NAB 2005

By Trevor Boyer, Dan Ochiva, Steve Mullen, and Bob Turner

Expect to be surprised. And potentially confused. Part of the drama of NAB 2005 will come from the introduction of new technologies such as HDV, which will be a major source of interest—and questions—at the show....


Viewpoint

Future-Sleuthing

By Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director

In recent years, the pre-NAB trend has grown increasingly closed-mouthed, especially as more and more products have become software-driven. So while many ...


Shoot

High-Resolution DV

By Steve Mullen

The Sony HVR-Z1 and HDR-FX1 might be the most elegant camcorders ever designed. Other than the XLR connectors on the Z1, sold by the Broadcast & Professional...


Shoot Review — Sony PDW-530 XDCAM

By Barry Braverman

Professional shooters, especially ENG shooters, know the syndrome well: each day we generate new footage that must be offloaded to a hard drive or server, ...


Shoot Review — Sound Devices 302

By Barry Braverman

As a professional shooter with more than a few years of experience under my battery belt...


Shoot Integrate Review — Datavideo TLM-70

By Barry Braverman

Take one look around and witness an explosion of consumer and prosumer DV cameras, and even broadcast cameras like Sony's XDCAM, with IEEE 1394/iLink...


Shoot Tools — K-Tek

Get fuzzy...


Edit

Compositing Tool Roundup

By Frank McMahon

Selecting a compositing program is probably the most important and pivotal choice a design studio can make, and increasingly it is a key choice for editors. The compositing application is the one program where all the elements—video, stills, audio, and more—are brought together....


Edit Integrate Review — Sony Acid Pro 5

By Frank McMahon

It seems like years since the last update of Acid Pro. Probably because it has, in fact, been years: I reviewed Acid Pro 4 in the October 2002 Video Systems. ...


Edit Integrate Review — Steinberg Cubase SX3

By Frank McMahon

Steinberg continues to refine and develop its flagship audio soundtrack creation program, Cubase SX3. This meaty 3.0 update tips the scales with more...


Edit Tools — Alienware

More power to go...


Edit Tools — VASST

Simplify editing...


Edit Tools — Tascam

Music to computer bridge...


Edit Tools — ViewCast

Editing package...


Display

Supersized

By S.D. Katz

Apple wants to take over your workspace. The 30in. Cinema Display, introduced at the end of 2004, is the follow-up to its extremely popular 23in. monitor ...


Perfect Pitch

By Beck Finley

Promoting music in retail stores can be a challenge that calls for more than playing new releases over a sound system. For HMV's Oxford Street store, ...


Display Tools — Samsung

All-in-one display...


Display Tools — Kramer Electronics

High-caliber calibration...


Display Tools — Videotek

Testing, testing...


Display Tools — Avitech

New features unveiled at NAB...


Display Tools — Smart Technologies

Whiteboard price reduction...


Display Tools — Chief

Accessory Bin...


Dream Job

Unveiling Women's Rights

By Kristinha M. Anding

A young Afghan woman stands in a busy street in Faizabad, capital of the country's remote Badakhstan province, surrounded by a curious crowd made up primarily ...


Intelligence

March 2005 Intelligence

Compiled by Andrea Harden

A monthly assortment of fascinating statistics....


Inbox

Best Job in the Military

I enjoyed the article about DINFOS (December Video Systems). I was an Air Force videographer from 1979 to 1989 as part of the Aerospace Audiovisual Service...


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