NAB 2008 Pick Hits
Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Welcome to Broadcast Engineering's Pick Hit awards, the industry's longest-running product technology awards for broadcast and production. With a 24-year history, Pick Hits are the most prestigious technical awards given at NAB.
At the 2008 NAB Show, a panel of independent judges toured the exhibition floor for three days, looking for innovative technology. They then met to make their selections based on multiple criteria, including the technical and financial improvements the products can bring to a facility's operation. Our editors and publishers have no vote in the selection process.
Congratulations to the following 40 manufacturers for their creative technology solutions!
ProPatch Miniature
ADC
952-938-8080
+33 1 69 11 22 69
www.adc.com/broadcast
Super high-density coax patching system is designed for HD, SDI, AES audio, 5.1 and 7.1 audio applications where coax medium is preferred but space is at a premium; available in 1RU and 1.5RU configurations; the 1RU panel features a patent-pending pullout designation strip that dramatically increases space for text, as well as a high-density 2 × 48 circuit configuration of ports; the 1.5RU unit panel features 4 × 48 ports.
After Effects CS3 Professional
Adobe
714-280-1345
www.adobe.com
Digital motion graphics and compositing software lets users animate freely using new Shape layers and the Puppet tool, as well as combine moving imagery with still images, text and sound; users can manipulate their creations with hundreds of effects combinations; offers hundreds of customizable animation presets and templates; new Brainstorm feature enables users to select key elements of a layer and experiment with a variety of alternative modifications and effects to it.
NODE
Archion
818-840-0777
www.archion.com
SAN network for content creation comes in two chassis sizes; NODE 800 offers eight drives with independent SAS channels supporting up to 8TB of storage, with 4-Gig ports; the drive supports multiple RAID sets, multiple hosts, LUN masking and storage provisioning of all Vdiscs on both ports for switchless file sharing; NODE 2400 is configured with up to 24 drives through four ports, supporting capacities of up to 24TB of RAID storage; upgradable to 8Gb/s Fibre Channel; provides multiple streams up to 1200MB/s.
Emerge ECMS4000
Avocent
954-746-9000
+44 2920 263640
www.connectivity.avocent.com
Extender delivers uncompromised digital workstation extension across unlimited distances; provides users with a full desktop computer experience from anywhere on a Gigabit TCP/IP network; can operate on a point-to-point CAT 5 e cable or on a switched GigE network; consists of a transmitter that connects externally to each remote computer with dual DVI-D video connectors and a user station with dual DVI-I connectors, USB connectors and audio ports.
RHDM-2301
Barco
678-475-8000
+32 56 368 211
www.barco.com
HD reference monitor features a grade-1 LCD display, ensuring a high level of color stability and accuracy for video reference tasks; grade 1 is a standard defined by the EBU that sets requirements for contrast, black levels and brightness; ideal for monitoring fast-moving video; thanks to its high-speed 120Hz panel and scrolling LED backlight technology, it avoids motion blur and judder; offers excellent motion handling and lifelike motion scenes reminiscent of how CRT reference monitors used to show moving video.
Omni
Baron Services
256-881-8811
www.baronservices.com
HD weather platform combines outlook analysis, worldwide 3-D terrain and high-resolution data; called the HD Elite package, Omni's HD data products include precipitation, wind, winds measured relative to a moving storm, wind shear, hail, hail cores, precipitation rate, and rain and snow accumulations in one-, three-, 12- and 24-hour increments; stations can layer multiple data products and integrate live Baron radar with a true 3-D tower and sweep line.
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