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Video Systems May 2005

Lincoln in the 21st Century

By Darroch Greer

After 20+ years of planning and six years of development, design, and construction, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has finally opened this spring in Springfield, Ill. But this is not your typical presidential library/museum ...


Viewpoint

End Users @InfoComm

By Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director

Do end users belong at InfoComm? Not so many years ago this was a point of debate. The perception of InfoComm used to be confined by its primary role...


Shoot

The ProHD Approach

By Steve Mullen

At NAB 2005, JVC introduced its new HDV camcorder, the GY-HD100. This camcorder records to videotape in the HDV format, yet it is described as a ProHD product. ProHD is not a format unto itself ...


The Perils of HDTV

By Bill Miller

This is the year of high-definition television. It's everywhere at NAB: new cameras, monitors, storage units, and postproduction suites. Yes, HD is everywhere,...


Shoot Review — StoryBoard Artist 4

By Tom Patrick McAuliffe

Would you like to make better videos? Want to pitch your visual story ideas in a professional way to the powers that be? You can boil it down to one word — preparation. Once you have a story with a good beginning, middle, and end, you have a script. Next, it's time to plan the production shoot. For me and for many video makers, that means stickmen and crude pen drawings. Although this method may get the point across ...


Shoot Tools — JVC GZ-MC500 digital media camera

JVC's Hard-driven camcorder the GZ-MC500...


Shoot Tools — VFGadgets

Add a monitor...


Shoot Tools — LitePanels Infrared

Seeing in the dark...


Shoot Tools — Neumann

Dynamic Neumann...


Edit

Avid Acquires Pinnacle Systems

By Bob Turner

On March 21, Avid Technology and Pinnacle Systems announced that Avid entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pinnacle in a cash and stock transaction. The press release states, “Under the terms of the agreement, Pinnacle shareholders will receive ...


Edit Tools — Echolab

All on a chip...


Edit Tools — Gefen

Switching HD...


Edit Tools — SignVideo

Switch your FireWire...


Edit Tools — Broadcast Pix

PixMaster for pre-production...


Edit Tools — Brick House Video

Switching on the road...


Edit Tools — Network Electronics

Routing for a small studio...


Edit Tools — Ross Video

Switch both SD and HD...


Edit Tools — For-A

Two make a better one...


Display

The Word on the Web

By Beck Finley

When the First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Ga., northwest of Atlanta, opened the doors to its new 7,500-seat church this fall, its mission was to reach...


Display Tools — Hannay Reels

Cable reel catalog...


Dream Job

Shared Dreams

By Kristinha M. Anding

Karen Herman confesses: She truly has found her dream job. The former entertainment journalist says she has synthesized the skills she learned on the job and as a volunteer interviewer at Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation ...


Intelligence

May 2005 Intelligence

Compiled by Andrea Harden

A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics. ...


Inbox

HDV to D-VHS

Back in late February, I read a Video Systems article that said, in part, Unfortunately, Sony's 1080i HDV cannot be cloned to D-VHS. I'm happy to report...


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