Archive for April 29th, 2008

One of Quantel’s brand new Neo for Pablo color control panels – as launched at NAB, and one of the very few examples in existence so far, was stolen from Quantel’s Burbank office last night.

Here’s Roger Thornton’s rather eloquent account of the situation and his request that we all keep our eyes out for someone trying to sell this panel to one of our businesses.

Here’s Roger:
Unless the theives have taken it purely as an objet de desire to look at and treasure, it won’t be any use to them because they would tend to need a Pablo to use it with, and also our V4 code to drive it. Same goes for anyone they might want to sell it on to of course… The thieves also omitted to leave a signed QCare support contract, so they’re totally sunk anyway! But in all seriousness, we really do need this Neo panel back as soon as possible so we don’t disappoint our customers – it was booked out for back-to-back demos. If you were able to put any kind of message out over the wires to alert the West Coast community (and maybe beyond) in case it’s offered to them, we would be very grateful. I’ve even heard talk of a reward….nks

Please keep your eyes open.

I call Thursday NAB’s “rump� day, a short, casual afternoon of thin crowds, when tired booth personnel slip away to visit competitors and otherwise view the show floor for themselves. It’s my favorite day.

For instance, I swung by RED’s tent and found no lines. I stepped immediately inside and like those before me, ogled the aluminum prototypes of the upcoming 5K Epic (the small boxy one) and 3K Scarlet (“3K for $3K�) rotating behind glass. more