Coolest Stuff

[Gary Hazen]

I suppose technically the KiPro could be considered a DDR. I was responding to David Shulkin’s post in which he mentioned EVS. I assumed that he needed a product that offered similar functionality. Such as Grass Valley’s Dyno or Newteks 3 Play. The KiPro is a fine product, however it currently doesn’t handle multi-channel record/playback as well as EVS, Dyno, 3play or Mira. It’s simply a matter of choosing the right tool for the job.

[Timothy J. allen]

The coolest thing I saw at NAB was Ron, Kathlyn, and Tim Wilson all in the same room at the same time. 😉

Oh, you meant equipment?

There were quite a few things that make my list. Adobe’s CS5 improvements may have been announced well before NAB, but some of the new features such as content aware fill will save enough hours of work that it’s well worth mentioning. To actually try it out first hand was nice.

The DaVinci Resolve announcement from Blackmagic Design is just about enough on its own for me to add a Mac to the shop. As I overheard during the show, that price point means there’s simply no longer an excuse for video that’s not beautiful.

Another thing on my wish list now are Lightpanel’s Sola Fresnel lights. Relatively cool to the touch with no color temperature changes as they dim, they are very nice. I’ve been wanting some Litepanels of my own since using a 1×1 a couple of years ago and I think the Sola Frenels will pay for themselves by reducing my power bill within just a few months.

More to come, but that’s some of what was on my mind on the flight home.

[Earle Nichol]

Hey Bob,

thanks for the tip on Cat DV, loved watching you demo it for me…and Bryce was awesome as well. Oh and thanks for the talks at the Hard Rock! Great learning and awesome enthusiasm! I’m with you..if you didn’t see anything new..then you aint learning which equals…DOA. Looking forward to your article on the Cow.

take care

Earle

Communication! Communication! Communication!

[Thuc Phan]

The GoPro camera. Very impressed with the durability and quality of the footage. Just wish I had $200 on me when I was there to snag one at the convention price!

[Tom Grotting]

I have to vote for:

Interpol from Active Storage. Metadata on a card.

FIDO Single and Dual-channel SDI/Fiber converters from AJA

Avid embracing AJA, BM, and Matrox.

CacheA LTO4

Meeting Zax Dow at an Adobe party and hearing how he started Zaxwerks

getting on a plane to come home!

Tom Grotting
Digital Pictures
Minneapolis

[Tim Wilson]

Seconded vote for coming home!

Can you tell me more about Interpol from Active Storage? I’m not sure what “metadata on a card” means, but I’m pretty sure I want one. 🙂

[Tom Grotting]

Active Storage designed a card that houses 2 hard drives, spinning or solid state, that you put in an XServe to house the metadata for an XSan implementation. They sell 2 of them for $2500 for redundancy.

https://www.getactivestorage.com/pr041210-1.php

Tom Grotting
Digital Pictures
Minneapolis

[Joe Carney]

Coolest booth was the Arbritron rest station one between the central and north halls. Free water, cookies and ice cream for the weary.