New Products
Sep 1, 2002 12:00 PM
MPEG-4 secrets
NONLINEAR EDITING SYSTEM
Matrox DigiSuite Max: delivers maximum editing power and
creative freedom with more real-time features; analog and digital I/O
is supported to enable users to work in their formats of choice and
deliver in record time on tape, CD and DVD.
514-822-6000; www.matrox.com
ENCODING AND ARCHIVING SYSTEM
Axon Digital Design TX-Compliance: provides automated
“operator-free” server-based recording; covers compliance
recording, program archiving and logging.
888-919-9379; www.axon.tv
RESTORATION SYSTEM
Snell & Wilcox Archangel Ph.C: provides real-time
restoration of a variety of film and video impairments, including
providing noise reduction in areas of high movement; uses Ph.C Phase
Correlation motion estimation technology; other features include a
customized toolset for archive retrieval, including motion-compensated
recursive and transversal filtering to reduced broadband noise and film
grain.
408-260-1000; www.snellwilcox.com
DIGITAL SERVICE ACTIVATION METER
Acterna DSAM2500: a lightweight, durable handheld meter for
DOSCIS/EURODOSCSIS cable modem installation; enables technicians to
install and service high-speed data and video services while onsite;
includes signal metering capabilities; features an intuitive graphical
interface with an informative online help system.
866-228-3762; www.acterna.com
FLUORESCENT UNIT
Videssence SETLITE SERIES SL 110-255BX: 110W compact
fluorescent unit; includes two 55W biax lamps, two-lamp ballast, and a
16-foot power cord with NEMA5-15 prong; contains a C-Clamp or 5/8-inch
stand adapter plug.
650-356-0921; www.videssence.tv
RECORDING MICROPHONE
AKG Acoustics C 451 B: fixed permanently to the preamp to
eliminate the mechanical problems of the screw joint; provides
protection from RF interference; is insensitive to handling noise; has
a ruler-flat on axis frequency response; captures signals rich in
transients such as drums or overhead miking.
615-620-3800; www.akg-acoustics.com
NEWSROOM AND TRANSMISSION AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
Autocue Qseries: includes QNews, which offers newsroom
automation and runs orders, scripts, wires and on-air machine control;
also includes QNet, which handles production, scripting and prompting;
QTX is a single- or multichannel transmission automation; another
system, QMedia, is a media management system that ingests automation,
browse server, clip library and desktop editing.
800-293-0118; www.autocue.com
COMPOSITE AND EFFECTS EDITOR
5D Cyborg: features a full 3-D environment with an
interactive effects flow graph; includes a 3-D camera model,
interactive lighting with up to 24 simultaneous lights; deformations
and effects are available on every layer; includes Distort, a Warper
with morphing tools, and a timeline module showing editing within the
compositing pipeline.
+44 20 7620 4800; www.five-d.com
OPERATING SOFTWARE
Accom Abekas 6000: includes progressive background
defragmentation with the ability to resume after power outages or other
interruptions; features advanced clip searching facilities and vertical
interval timecode recording of MPEG material.
650-328-3818; www.accom.com
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
Avalon AAMconsole: product extension to AVALONidm; monitors
the operations of the data management subsystem; administers both the
software and the storage hardware that the subsystem manages; issues
operational commands to the subsystem when necessary.
+33 1 30 92 38 75; www.ava.com
TOOL FOR VIDEO EDITORS
Digital Juice Editor's Toolkit: nine-DVD set offers
broadcast-quality, royalty-free graphics and animations; features a
free 16x internal DVD Drive, optional upgrade to external Firewire and
The Juicer, for output to multiple formats/resolutions including PAL,
NTSC and DV.
800-525-2203; www.digitaljuice.com
SLOW-MOTION CONTROLLER
DNF Controls ST300: operators can select wheel
“slo-mo” range or T-Bar for slow-motion control; features
automatic mark cue advance, save the last used “slo-mo”
speed and enable/disable freeze at record out.
818-898-3380; www.dnfcontrols.com
ENCODING STATION
Envivio Encoding Station: prepares an MPEG-4 file that
contains one encoded audio stream, one encoded video stream and the
BIFS streams that contain instructions for restructuring the
presentation; includes scene description encoding and optimized
transmission for streamed files.
866-ENVIVIO; www.envivio.com
WIRELESS CAMERA SYSTEM
Link Research wireless camera system: includes dual antenna;
delivers 4:2:2 TV footage; end-to-end signal delay is 40ms; fixes to
the back of any TV camera; can operate at very long distances from the
receiver; is fully remote controlled.
+01923 244 233; www.linkres.co.uk
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