It was a busy NAB. Of course any show is busy, with hundreds of vendors and thousands of products to consider. But even compared to the usual convention (this is my 20th NAB. Yikes!), NAB 2007 had significant new products to consider, with cameras, storage arrays, and NLE gear just three examples of product areas with significant churn. One prime motivator behind all the new technology seems to be the commoditization of formally high-end–read expensive to manipulate–technology. Now, innovative entrepreneurs living just about anywhere have a chance to introduce potentially significant products, right up there with the established players. With so much to cover, I can just offer a final quick look- in no particular order- of some of the more intriguing products I came across, both new and significantly upgraded. (Be sure to check out NAB wrap-ups in upcoming issues of Digital Content Producer and Millimeter): Fraunhofer Institut‘s ultracompact multiformat CMOS HDTV camera, an all-in-one (no camera control unit needed) 2/3-inch camera head about the size of the proverbial pack of cigarettes. Germany-based Easylook Systems makes a version that accepts PL-, Nikon, C-, and B4-mount lenses; Microsoft‘s Silverlight cross browser, cross-platform plug-in heralds a surge in rich interactive applications (RIAs), a quickly growing category of slick media-for-the-Web presentations; Quantum’s MXF A-Series technology now available on the LTO (linear tape open) tape drive platform, which offers higher performance and larger removable network storage archiving compared to the initial DLT tape version; Spatial View‘s auto stereoscopic monitors, matched with their easy to use software app, allows you to quickly create glasses-free 3D playback on their special monitors; Zacuto‘s extruded aluminum mounting hardware bring Tinker Toy-like ease to creating your own camera, lighting, and audio rigs; Vision Research’s Phantom 65 records 4K images (4096×2440) on its 65mm CMOS target at up to 90 fps directly into the new Phantom CineMag non-volatile memory magazines. E-Mediavision‘s Point-HD software allows you to employ a touchscreen interface for live highlighting and markups over streaming video, whether for broadcast, closed circuit projection, or the Web; DVS‘s SpycerBox, a crucial addition for their DVS-SAN, generates low-resolution proxy clips of high rez material that can be browsed via any standard computer; Blackmagic Design‘s Multibridge Eclipse editing system with 3 Gbps SDI connections enables 4:4:4 editing over a single BNC-type connection; AJA Video‘s portable Io HD interface box is the first piece of gear to support Apple‘s ProRes 422 codec allowing for 10-bit HD editing on location using a standard Apple laptop; Rosco’s inexpensive LitePad is a thin sheet of plastic with embedded LEDs that generates a soft even beam of light with virtually no heat. You can cut it, screw, or tape it to a wall and power it with a simple 12 volt transformer; VFGadgets’ EyeLiner productizes Errol Morri‘s breakthrough camera system that allows camera talent to look directly into the lens without distracting sideway glances; FilmLight‘s Truelight Projector Probe offers an accurate way to calibrate digital projectors with a device that looks like a radar gun; Wafian‘s HR-2 10-bit 4:4:4 dual link video recorder uses the new CineForm 444 codec to record to a price-competitive portable rackmounted storage system; Maximum Throughput introduces an entry-level Sledgehammer NAS that prices under $20,000 compared to the $125,000 tab of a similar system of three years ago; Adrienne Electronics‘ timecode board allows you capture live SDI and LTC timecode from camcorders directly into Apple‘s Final Cut Pro, cutting out one transfer operation; and finally, Imagica‘s HSR Film Recorder records up to three frames per second at 2K resolution, claimed to be up to six times faster than current laser film recorders at the same resolution, making DI output more affordable. More details to follow in print.