Neighborhood TV

By Tom Patrick McAuliffe

Once upon a time BD (as in before digital), almost all of our local television stations produced their own programming. Over-the-air broadcasting has changed over the years, with competing cable, satellite, and other video vehicles offering even more programming choices...

NAB 2006 Update

By Dan Ochiva

Last-minute news on products set to debut at the show. With so much new gear set to debut at NAB 2006, it takes a lot of searching around to keep up to date. We've collected some of the most interesting pre-show news here, so check out what you'll probably want to see...

End Points

By Cynthia Wisehart

Electrosonic held its annual technology open house in Burbank, Calif., last week. It's always a reminder of how diverse, creative and demanding video...

Unsung Contender

By Barry Braverman

The advent of the Panasonic HVX200 has almost completely eclipsed the company's other HD camcorders, especially in the mid to sub-VariCam range. The AJ-HDX400...

Shoot Review: Hitachi Z-DR1

Reviewer: Tom Patrick McAuliffe

These days there's lots of excitement over HD, as in high-definition video gear. But there's a different kind of revolution going on as well...

Shoot Review: Final Draft AV 2.5

Reviewer: S.D. Katz

Every now and then a product comes along that works well and eliminates some annoyance or extra work from your daily routine. That's how I would describe Final Draft AV 2.5....

Shoot Tools: Panasonic

Originally, POV cameras were just stripped-down, standard-issue models that could function as a basic, but valuable, extra eye to catch a shot from on high......

Shoot Tools: coolTVtools.com

Want an inexpensive way to dress up a set? How about a cookie? ...

Shoot Tools: Barber Tech

For better shooting with today's lighter, smaller, often hard-to-hold camcorders, choosing to use camera support gear makes sense. ...

Shoot Tools: Specialized Communications

Panasonic's new AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD camcorder offers a built-in HDV tape drive for those productions that might not need to record the device's full DVCPRO signal....

Shoot Tools: DVEO

Need to move video from the camcorder to a pro facility's network? DVEO's FireBridge HDV to DVB-ASI converter might do the trick. ...

Shoot Tools: 21st Century

Will 3D catch on for feature films like James Cameron believes? Whatever your bet, for some jobs 3D...

Strong Showing

By Jan Ozer

If you haven't seriously considered Adobe Encore DVD in a while, it's time to take another look. The most recent update has catapulted Encore DVD 2.0...

Edit Review: Bias Peak Pro 5

Reviewer: Gary Eskow

If you make your living as an audio professional, you understand that staying afloat requires a flexible approach to the business. Having a specialty...

Edit Review: Bias SoundSoap Pro

Reviewer: S.D. Katz

Today there are almost as many audio cleanup software products as there are applications for them. They can scrub distracting background noise out of...

Edit Review: Cakewalk Sonar 5 Producer Edition

Reviewer: Franklin McMahon

Cakewalk advances its flagship digital audio workstation with the release of Sonar 5, a brand-new update of its desktop software. The program continues...

Edit Review: Fireface 800, Suzy, Samplitude Professional 8

Reviewer: Gary Eskow

Several years ago, Tom Sailor founded a company called X-Vision Audio that distributed products to the music industry. Synthax, the German-based global...

Edit Tools: Alienware

Miami-based Alienware now offers an expanded mobile workstation line that doesn't lighten the wallet quite as much as its workstations can....

Edit Tools: EditShare

While SAN prices have dropped, systems can still be pricey and may only work well with certain operating systems. ...

Edit Tools: Panasonic

Moving to new media recording technology like solid-state Flash RAM means learning a bit of new workflow. ...

Edit Tools: Red Giant Software

Heavy effects use can slow down editing interactivity. But even when paired with one of the latest sub-$500 graphics cards, Red Giant Software's Magic Bullet Editors 2.0 Look Suite plug-in now runs up to 12 times faster than the CPU alone, according to the company. ...

Edit Tools: Boris FX

While 3D compositing and motion graphics are crucial creative tools, the apps can be pricey and difficult to use. ...

Edit Tools: Artbeats

When you want real-looking lightning and electricity, go to the source. ...

Display Review: Matrox DualHead2Go

Reviewer: Tom Patrick McAuliffe

Over the past couple of years in these pages I've mentioned more than a few times the benefits of using dual or triple computer monitors in the postproduction...

Display Tools: Panasonic

While LCDs have become standard in production, they've only recently begun to offer advanced capabilities. ...

Display Tools: Canon

Higher-res projectors can still be pricey, but some second-generation products now deliver a price break as well as better images. ...

Display Tools: Intelix

Today's higher-frequency video signals require particular interfaces developed to handle them, but who thought you could then move those signals over standard Cat-5 cabling?...

Display Tools: Ergotron

Our control over LCD monitors is pretty much limited to tilting a desktop monitor a little this way or that. ...

Display Tools: Dayang

When a monitor wall starts to grow beyond a manageable eight or 10 screens, you need help in controlling and monitoring. ...

Display Tools: Extron Electronics

Working with a wide variety of input sources demands a flexible method of signal handling. ...

Worldwide Reggaetón

By Cody Holt

This time it's personal for the Otlvaro brothers. For the last eight years, Noah and Francisco Otlvaro have helped their father, Carlos, build the family...

Mark In

Who would have thought that it's now speed-hungry gamers who are pushing the development of today's best graphics technology? Doubt that? Consider these...