Video Systems June 2005
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
We've all read the headlines about our nation's increasing emphasis on security. While the media has extensively documented the challenges our nation is experiencing, one area that is often overlooked is how America can continue to train the world's best law enforcement professionals....
By Cynthia Wisehart, Editorial Director
As fate would have it, I ended up on a Southwest flight home from InfoComm with Christina DeBono and Mike McLean, VPs at Hoffman Video in Glendale, Calif....
By Jeff Sauer and Bob Turner, with Dan Ochiva
You couldn't see it from the new monorail that zipped up to the side of the Las Vegas Convention Center. You could sense something, however, from the surge of eager tire-kickers that swarmed up to the show doors on the first day....
By Trevor Boyer
If the last few NAB shows have been about the democratization of HD and the pieces of a HD production puzzle, this show was clearly about how to fit those...
By D. W. Leitner
What were the odds of an entirely new, pro-quality, 1080i HDV Handycam coming from Sony, right on the heels of the company's groundbreaking HVR-Z1U? Who would have imagined a single-chip CMOS design? ...
By Bill Miller
There they were staring me straight in the face. Out of the familiar tube in the living room. You talking to me? I asked no one in particular, seeing...
By Barry Braverman
"OK, so when are you going to start lighting this thing?" the 20-something director wondered, sashaying onto the set. "It is lit," I told him. He eyed the dull gray Reflecmedia Chromatte screen inches from the talent. "You're kidding, right?"...
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
A company from California called ItWorks makes a USB device called Cailbug that turns your computer into a broadcast signal test tool. Formerly Innovative...
By S. D. Katz
Every now and then graphics and animation programs like Vue 5 and Poser become so successful that even high-end users take notice. Poser has been there for a while, and it's easy now to take Vue seriously, with its powerful new version from E-on Software....
By Frank McMahon
One good thing about Autodesk's updates to its 3D design and rendering program 3ds Max 7 is that you know exactly what has been improved. The company...
By Frank McMahon
Whereas other Boris programs such as Red have dedicated interfaces, Continuum has always been the one without the interface. Essentially it's a series of special effects plug-ins that work within the architecture...
By Dan Ochiva
At InfoComm 2005, Grass Valley rolled out Turbo a sleek new iDDR (intelligent digital disk recorder) that brings IT chops to a video server. This launch is the cornerstone of a future...
By Beck Finley
After nine years of staging presentations for CUNA Mutual Group (CMG), a provider of financial services to credit unions and their members worldwide,...
By Cody Holt
George Fifield, curator of new media at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, Mass., has always been fascinated by the word "avant-garde," a French term derived from the common military practice of deploying a small troop of highly skilled soldiers ahead of a large, advancing army. Over time, Fifield says, the term has lost its meaning....
Compiled by Andrea Harden
A monthly assortment of fascinating market statistics....
This is a thank you to Barry Braverman for a great article about the Sony XDCAM 530 (Shoot Reviews, March) and well as his other contributions. As an...
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FBI TV
NAB 2005
NAB 2005 Pick Hit Awards
Scaling Down CMOS
Shoot Review — Reflecmedia Chromatte and LiteRing 
Working Cheap
Edit Integrate Review — Boris Continuum Complete 3.0.2 
Modern Pro AV
Video Avant Guardian