MicroNet MaxNAS 2.5TB
As the sole IT administrator at on online agency here in New York City I find myself pretty busy with two things: finding space to store HD video and maintaining the machines that will access it. Speed is always an issue considering the HD file sizes we produce. We are constantly under siege with juggling firewire drives between machines – which eats up time.
Club Fantastico: Studio by day, club by night
It’s a simple answer to a question that every club owner faces. How do you maximize your investment in what appears to be a single purpose facility with a nighttime audience? If you’re Magenta, the owners of Club Fantastico, you turn it into a video production studio.
That’s what’s happening down in Once, Argentina, where Club […]
Bogen Manfrotto Tripod Showcase
The Manfrotto 503HDV, 535K kit contains the 503HDV Manfrotto 503 Series Pro Fluid Head, the Manfrotto MPRO 535 Carbon Fiber 2-Stage Video Tripod, the Manfrotto 520BALL and the MBAG100P.
Choosing Between HD and SD Video Mixers
There’s no doubt that HD is appealing. Pick up any production magazine and people are talking about the future of HD and beyond. Remember, though, you should focus on what you need to do the job today and tomorrow. HD adds cost and complexity, and if you’re not going to take advantage of the benefits today, why incur the cost today?
Anton/Bauer ElipZ Light System
On first impression, the Anton/Bauer ElipZ light system feels super light and little flimsy. It’s made of black and blue plastic, although that plastic is durable lightweight high temperature polycarbonate. I can’t really test how durable is durable, as they’d like it back in the same condition they sent it. It reminded me of a Transformer I had as a kid, especially when it can fold down into a very compact form that keeps it protected in stowage (a very nice design touch).
ProAvio EB8MS RAID External Hard Drive
When the video editors need a high-performance RAID to work with 1080 HD footage, they are on a time crunch and can’t be twiddling their thumbs waiting for me to get the hardware working. I am happy to say that there was no thumb-twiddling done in our experience with the ProAvio EB8MS.
Wafian HR-F1 HD Video Field Recorder
The Wafian HR-F1 is an HD video field recorder for direct-to-disk acquisition. It offers the ability to bypass HDV tape compression and instead records footage directly into master quality wavelet based files. These files are stored within a hot-swappable drive that offers over 10 hours of full HD 10 bit 4:2:2 recording within a single disk.
FAA Live Broadcast of a Town Hall Meeting
Much to our glee, when we hooked everything up, it all came on the way it should. After a read through of the instruction manual I figured out the subtle nuances of the SE-800. Then we unhooked the cameras, moved to the main Headquarters Auditorium, set it up and tested all the signals running into and out of the switcher to make sure everything worked.
