Archive of the NAB News Category

Features 50 GB of Storage Capacity and up to 4.5 Hours of HD Recording Time

LAS VEGAS (NAB Booth SU906), April 15, 2007 – Sony‘s new dual-layer version of the XDCAM® Professional Disc™ media more than doubles the storage capacity and recording capabilities of the original single-layer optical media.

These upgrades, combined with faster transfer rates, significantly increase the XDCAM system‘s potential as an efficient production technology and as a long-term archiving option. Read on at The Briefing Room: 2007 NAB Newslink

NAB, LAS VEGAS–April 15, 2007–Apple® today introduced Final Cut® Server, a powerful new server application that works seamlessly with Final Cut Studio® 2 to provide media asset management and workflow automation for post production and broadcast professionals. A scaleable server application that supports workgroups of any size, Final Cut Server includes a cross-platform client that enables content browsing, review and approval from within a studio or over the Internet. Final Cut Server automatically catalogs large collections of assets and enables searching across multiple volumes via an intuitive user interface. Final Cut Server is designed to manage the flow of work, as assets and projects move from producer to editor to artist through the entire production process. Read on at The Briefing Room: 2007 NAB Newslink

NAB, LAS VEGAS–April 15, 2007–Apple® today unveiled Final Cut Studio® 2, a significant upgrade to the industry‘s leading video production suite that delivers new creative tools designed expressly for editors. Final Cut Studio 2 includes Final Cut Pro® 6, which introduces Apple‘s ProRes 422 format for uncompressed HD quality at SD file sizes and support for mixed video formats and frame rates in a single Timeline; Motion 3 featuring an intuitive 3D environment, paint and new behaviors; Soundtrack® Pro 2 with dozens of innovative tools for multitrack editing, surround mixing and conforming sound to picture; Compressor 3 delivering powerful batch encoding for multiple formats with a single click; and DVD Studio Pro 4.2 for SD and HD DVD authoring. Final Cut Studio 2 also introduces “Color,” a professional color grading and finishing application for ensuring consistent color and creating signature looks. Read on at The Briefing Room: 2007 NAB Newslink

New Additions to XDCAM Family Include High-performance HD 4:2:2 Capable Models and Flash Memory Recording in a “Handy” Camcorder

LAS VEGAS, NAB Booth# SU906, April 15, 2007 – Sony is continuing the evolution of its XDCAM® line of tapeless acquisition by unveiling new technologies at NAB. These include recording to ExpressCard high-speed flash media, as well as 50 Mbps 4:2:2 optical disc recording. Read on at The Briefing Room: 2007 NAB Newslink

* 2.2M 2/3” 3-CCDs Team with AVC-Intra to Delivers Near D-5 HD Quality Images*

LAS VEGAS, NV (April 15, 2007) – Here at NAB, Panasonic revealed its new AJ-HPX3000, a five-slot P2 HD camcorder capable of producing full-raster 1920 x 1080 high definition images, the highest HD recording quality in a one-piece camcorder.

With its built-in AVC-Intra intra-frame compression, the AJ-HPX3000 shoulder-mount camcorder can produce near D-5 HD recording quality, in addition to offering industry-standard DVCPRO50/ HD content compatibility for high-end productions including episodic television, filmmaking and commercial production. Read on at The Briefing Room: 2007 NAB Newslink

Welcome to our third annual NABlog, from the editors of Digital Content Producer and Millimeter magazines. During this year’s National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas, we’ll be covering the news from the show live, as it happens.

NAB is the biggest annual gathering of the tribes for the broadcast, film, video, and multimedia industries, with attendance always hovering around six figures. It’s also the best place to see brand-new gear: new cameras, editing software, and anything else that helps capture images from the real world, package them, and send them out to display screens. more

Listen to Digital Content Producer‘s The Briefing Room 2007 NAB Newslink podcast with Maurice Patel, Director of Product Marketing for the Media and Entertainment Division, as he discusses with Online Editor Jessaca Gutierrez the integration of the Alias products, new products the company will be showing at NAB, and bringing the company‘s mantra to life with the Autodesk product lineup click here.

More podcasts from The Briefing Room

We’ll start blogging about NAB 2007 on April 14. In the meantime, check out The Briefing Room: 2007 NAB Newslink for up-to-the-minute press releases from select publicists. Check back to this virtual press conference several times a day for product launches, demos, and other events not to miss this year in Vegas.

Yesterday I blogged that my eyes had seen the glory of the coming of 4K (hum that to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, you won’t get it out of your head) at Filmlight’s demonstration of 4K color grading of 4K Dalsa Origin clips over a Sony 4K SXRD projector. But that was yesterday. Today my eyes have a new hero: NHK’s Ultra High Definition Video, which delivers sixteen times the definition of HD. And seeing is believing. more