Earlier today, Michael Goldman gave a good update on JVC’s plans, including that very interesting initiative with DuArt Labs. DuArt is really pretty unique anymore, as they still act with the hopes and aims of the Indie film/video community foremost in their business strategy.

I’m sure we’ll hear more intriguing details on that as the project evolves.

But I’m writing right now because I’ve heard JVC’s name come up a number of times as I’ve visited booths around the floor, especially from the once rather boring seeming companies that are providing the broadcast products that take your completed video efforts and transform them into something to broadcast or record.

JVC has come up in those booths by name because although the camcorder puts out a beautiful HD/HDV signal, in the end it’s an analog HD signal, something which doesn’t fit so easily into an increasingly all digital infrastructure. Well, the solution is to convert that signal to digital video, and it’s those companies providing the converters, signal processors and various interfaces that are talking about providing the solution–a box that’s a converter of analog video to digital.

Ensemble Designs is a good example of a company with a respected history in the industry that’s come up with a good product that will help you take your JV– or really any analog video signal–to a clean digital one, all at a good price.

I’ll go more into this in a later blog, but just want to p0int anyone interested to the company’s site (www.ensembledesigns.com) to check out the BrightEye 75. It’s a solid, tiny, low-cost ($2200) device that will take your HD/SD analog signal to digital video, along with analog audio embedding.

We’ll hear from the engaging Cindy Zuelsdorf as she explains just why this product, created in famed Grass Valley, California, will change your life (okay, maybe just your video, but you’ll still feel like you’ve done something cool anyway).