Zaxcom shipping highly anticipated Deva 24 & Mix-16 audio system for sound professionals | In 1996, Zaxcom introduced Deva, the first 4-channel portable hard disk recorder. It went on to become the standard for sound recordists in film, television broadcast, live performance and post-production, forever changing the sound industry. Now this industry beloved line of recorders has introduced its fourth iteration, the Deva 24 and Mix-16, a next generation audio system for sound professionals.
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SoCal Rentals Drives Production With AJA Ki Pro Ultras | SoCal Rentals was founded in 2008 to provide clients in broadcast, reality TV, live event production and AV/staging with full service audio, video and LED solutions offering production-specific engineering design, equipment rentals, expert technical management, project consulting and crews. The company recently added 12 AJA Ki Pro Ultras into their rental pool, which already includes massive quantities of AJA gear including hundreds of FiDO fiber and Hi5 SDI to HDMI Mini-Converters, 30 Ki Pros, 20 Ki Pro Racks, multiple FS1 and FS2 frame synchronizers, KUMO routers and more.
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AJA Ki Pro Ultra v1.2 Update to Add ExFAT, 16-channel Audio, CC Support, 2SI; Pak-Adapt-eSATA to Bring Third Party eSATA Media Compatibility | AJA Video Systems today announced Ki Pro Ultra v1.2 firmware adding 16-channel embedded SDI audio, ExFAT file system, Closed Captioning (CC) and SMPTE 2SI I/O support.
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ProMAX’s Platform Portable Workflow Server, Pro-Cache and Power-Cache Archive Appliances | ProMAX Systems,Inc. demonstrated the Platform Portable mobile workflow server as well as the next generation of Pro-Cache and Power-Cache network archive appliances at the NAB Show.
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OneRepublic FOH Engineer Solves Live Recording Challenge With Sonnet Fusion F3 RAID Storage SystemSonnet Technologies today announced that its rugged and portable Fusion™ F3 two-drive RAID storage system is enabling a live recording workflow for OneRepublic's current "Native" tour. With the ability to store up to 6TB of content on dual shock-isolated hard drives, the Fusion F3 reliably captures more than 100 tracks of audio from the band's nightly performances, recorded at 96kHz resolution.
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Announcing the First Mobile Workflow Server for Creative Professionals: The ProMAX Platform PortableFrom the IBC Show floor today, ProMAX Systems, the manufacturer of Platform modular workflow servers, high-performance ONE editing workstations and Cache-A archival appliances, has announced its latest new product: The Platform Portable. This revolutionary portable server is set to establish an entirely new product category by enabling mobile collaborative workflows for on-set video production and post-production. Platform Portable allows creative groups to connect their existing attached storage devices and transform them into a simple, yet sophisticated, shared editing environment. ProMAX will be demonstrating the Platform Portable’s progressive system features, and taking advance orders for the Portable at the ProMAX exhibit booth 7K01a at the IBC Show in Amsterdam, today through September 16th.
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Sound Devices Introduces FileSafe into Rack-Mounted Video and Audio Recorders | Sound Devices (IBC Show: Hall 8, Stand B59) introduces its unique FileSafe™ technology as part of its 2.02 firmware release for its multi-drive, network connected video and audio rack-mounted recorders. Incorporated into the Video Devices PIX products, including the 270i, 260i and 250i, as well as the Sound Devices 970, FileSafe recovers video and audio files if, during recording, drives are unintentionally removed or power is lost.
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FirmTek Ships a New Storage Spin on a Classic TechnologyFirmTek, LLC, a pioneer and leader in Serial ATA (SATA) storage solutions is shipping a new take on a 30-year old idea: Letting you place drives directly onto the controller to save space and reduce complexity. The SeriTek/6G2+2 provides mounting points for two 2.5" HDD, SSD, or SSHD SATA drives, along with two external hot-swap eSATA ports supporting direct-connect and port-multiplication enclosures - all with a half-length PCIe card. It is Windows compatible and Mac OS X bootable, whether installed inside a PC or legacy Mac Pro with a PCIe 2.0 4-lane or higher slot, or mounted in a Thunderbolt PCIe expansion chassis.
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FirmTek Ships the Ultimate in Thunderbolt™ Storage Flexibility: The ThunderTek/PX2+2FirmTek, LLC, a world-leading developer of external storage solutions, today is announcing and shipping the ThunderTek/PX2+2. A flexible all-in-one Thunderbolt storage solution accommodating two high-speed 2.5" SSD, HDD, or SSHDs internally, the ThunderTek/PX2+2 also provides two external eSATA ports for connecting external direct-connect and port-multiplier eSATA enclosures. "Thunderbolt delivers unparalleled performance, flexibility and simplicity to personal computing," said Jason Ziller, Intel's director of Thunderbolt Marketing, "Products like the FirmTek ThunderTek/PX2+2 help highlight what Thunderbolt makes possible." Transfer HD movies in less than 30 seconds or back up a terabyte of content in less than 10 min utes. All of this is possible with Thunderbolt.
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Sonnet Introduces Fusion™ QR RAID 5 SATA Storage System With Quad InterfaceSonnet Technologies today announced the launch of the Fusion™ QR, a compact and portable four-drive RAID 5 SATA storage system. The Fusion QR replaces the company's Fusion D400QR5, which also offered reliable and affordable RAID 5 storage. Like the legacy system, the Fusion QR integrates a high-performance RAID 5 controller for maximum versatility, critical data protection, and added value, and offers a flexible quad interface that includes eSATA, dual FireWire 800, and USB 3.0.
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CalDigit FASTA-6GU3 ProToday CalDigit, the company of choice for the content creation industry, announces that the CalDigit FASTA-6GU3 Pro is now available. The FASTA-6GU3 Pro is the next evolution of CalDigit's popular USB 3.0 and eSATA interface card. This PCIe card has been revamped with the latest USB 3.0 Protocol and SATA 6G chipsets to deliver increased performance.
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Cache-A Shows LTO-Tape Archiving Innovations At 2014 HPA Tech RetreatCache-A Corporation, manufacturer of award-winning LTO archiving appliances, will showcase the latest innovations in LTO-tape archiving that support enhanced productivity and deliver greater levels of asset protection, at the 2014 HPA Tech Retreat, Feb 17-21, Indian Wells, CA. Highlights include: enhanced interchange and delivery capabilities; Pro-Cache610, a turbo-charged version of the company’s flagship Pro-Cache6 LTO-6 archive appliance; and Simul-Copy™, Cache-A’s fast LTO-tape duplication and verification capability.
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Cache-A Turbo-Charges Pro-Cache6 Archive ApplianceCache-A Corporation, manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances, has announced Pro-Cache610, a new, turbo-charged version of its flagship Pro-Cache6 LTO-6 archive appliance. The high-performance Pro-Cache610 features 10-gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) I/O capability, significantly boosting the speed and power of network archiving operations.
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Cache-A Turbo-Charges Pro-Cache6 Archive Appliance | Cache-A Corporation, manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances, has announced Pro-Cache610, a new, turbo-charged version of its flagship Pro-Cache6 LTO-6 archive appliance. The high-performance Pro-Cache610 features 10-gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) I/O capability, significantly boosting the speed and power of network archiving operations.
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Sonnet Releases Enhanced xMac™ mini ServerSonnet today introduced a significant upgrade of its popular xMac™ mini Server, a Thunderbolt™-to-PCI Express® (PCIe®) expansion system and 1U rackmount enclosure for a Mac® mini with a Thunderbolt port. The xMac mini Server accommodates one full-length, full-height PCIe card and one half-length, half-height (low-profile) card. The updated xMac mini Server now supports a double-width PCIe card's daughter card and includes BNC connector mounting holes on the enclosure's rear panel. In addition, the length of the xMac mini Server is now just 15.8 inches, making it ideal for deployment in a wider range of popular mobile racks, carts, and rack bags.
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AJA Technology Fuels King of Hammers 2013 Live Broadcasts | Every year in February, more than 170 of the most formidable Ultra 4 Racing teams assemble in Johnson Valley, CA to battle it out in front of 45,000 spectators for the chance to win the world's most challenging off-road race - The King of Hammers. Sponsored by Nitto Tire and broadcast live to 600,000 online fans, the competition combines every off-road discipline imaginable – from desert racing to rock crawling and short course.
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Ciphertex Debuts Portable, Secure NAS Server at NAB | Ciphertex, the global provider of unique hardware-encrypted storage products, will unveil the CX-6K-AV at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 8-11. This new 24TB portable, highly secure NAS server is ideal for backup, disaster recovery and business continuity, file sharing and virtualization, will be showcased at booth #SL12510, along with the company's full line of encrypted digital storage solutions.
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Sonnet Announces Fully Featured Thunderbolt™ DockSonnet today announced the Echo™ 15 Thunderbolt™ Dock, a fully featured docking station for Mac® and Windows® computers with Thunderbolt ports. Sonnet's latest Thunderbolt technology product features 15 ports: four USB 3.0, one Gigabit Ethernet, one FireWire® 800, one headphone, one microphone, one speaker, one audio in, one pass-through Thunderbolt (for either another Thunderbolt device or an external display), two eSATA, and two internal SATA (one port for included optical disc drive and one 6 Gb/s port for a user-installable 2.5-inch SSD or 3.5-inch hard drive). In addition, the Echo 15 Thunderbolt Dock includes an 8x DVD±RW drive, or optionally, a Blu-ray™ BD-ROM/8x DVD±RW drive with Blu-ray player software for OS X®.
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DIT Station Unveils New and Improved Version of Portable On-Set Data/Playback WorkstationDIT Station today introduced the DIT Station Rogue4, the newest version of the company's ultra-portable and compact on-set data management and playback workstation. The Rogue4 is faster than ever before, with Sonnet Technologies' built-in Thunderbolt™ expansion, media ingest, and storage solutions offering performance up to 900 MB/s. Sonnet and DIT Station will demonstrate the DIT Station Rogue4 in the Sonnet Technologies booth SL10924 at the 2013 NAB Show.
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Sonnet Expands xMac™ mini Server Lineup; New Model Supports Two Half-Length, Full-Height PCI Express® CardsSonnet today introduced the xMac™ mini Server 2H, a second model of the company's xMac mini Server Thunderbolt-to-PCI Express® (PCIe®) expansion system and 1U rackmount enclosure for a Mac® mini with a Thunderbolt™ port. The new xMac mini Server 2H enables the use of two half-length, full-height PCIe cards, allowing users to select from and install the majority of Thunderbolt-compatible cards into either slot. The original xMac mini Server accommodates one full-length, full-height PCIe card and one half-length, half-height (low-profile) card.
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Sonnet's Fusion™ R400S RAID 1U Rackmount Storage System Offers Built-in RAID 5 Controller, eSATA InterfaceSonnet Technologies today announced the Fusion™ R400S RAID, a 1U rackmount, four-drive hardware RAID 5 storage system with an eSATA interface. The Fusion R400S RAID integrates a high-performance RAID controller for maximum versatility, critical data protection, and speedy file transfers, and its eSATA interface provides single-cable-to-host connectivity. Low-noise fans make this product suited for use in noise-sensitive environments.
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Blackmagic Design Adds ProRes 422 (HQ) Recording and Playback to HyperDeck Shuttle 2Blackmagic Design today announced the immediate availability of HyperDeck software update 3.6, a new update to its revolutionary solid state disk (SSD) recorder which adds support for Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) into HyperDeck Shuttle 2, plus new closed caption support for all HyperDeck models. At only US$345, the HyperDeck Shuttle 2 with the new ProRes compression feature significantly reduces the size of uncompressed HD video files while preserving full frame 10-bit 4:2:2 quality, allowing customers to record up to six times longer.
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Vision Research Upgrades Popular Miro Line To Improve Accessibility and Ease of UseVision Research, a leading manufacturer of digital high-speed imaging systems, has upgraded its popular Phantom® Miro line of cameras to become a more portable high-speed camera. This upgrade is designed to make high-speed imaging more accessible through ease of use and a smaller form factor.
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SNS Showcases Powerful Suite Of Shared Storage Server Solutions At IBC 2012 | Studio Network Solutions, Inc. (SNS) a leading provider of post-production storage solutions for video and audio workgroups, today announced the worldwide introduction of globalSAN Xtarget Storage Server Software for Mac OS X and additional enhancements to its flagship EVO Shared Storage Server in EVO v4.
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Cinedeck Rx Empowers Tapeless Workflows For Major Broadcasters, Production Companies And Cultural Institutions | Cinedeck LLC, pioneering developer of mobile capture systems for motion picture and broadcast production, today released details of how major broadcasters, production companies and cultural institutions have implemented its Cinedeck RX rack-mount, solid-state recorder, in tapeless workflows across a diverse range of broadcast, mobile OB, VFX and aerial and applications.
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Sonnet Announces 10GbE and 6Gb eSATA Thunderbolt™ AdaptersSonnet Technologies today announced the Echo™ Express SE 10 Gigabit Ethernet Thunderbolt™ Adapter and the Echo Express SE eSATA Pro 4-Port Thunderbolt Adapter. These new adapters pair Sonnet's just-released Echo Express SE Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis for PCI Express® (PCIe®) cards with either a Sonnet Pro one-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) adapter card or four-port 6Gb eSATA adapter card, respectively, in value-priced bundles that provide high-speed data and storage interfaces to iMac®, Mac® mini, MacBook® Air, and MacBook Pro computers with a Thunderbolt port. The adapters ship with the interface cards preinstalled.
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Canon C500 4K Cinema Raw Option for Convergent Design’s Gemini 4:4:4Convergent Design adds versatility to the Gemini 4:4:4 video recorder with the Canon 4K Cinema Raw Option. Features include support of up to 30 fps 4K raw with one Gemini 4:4:4; and 60 fps 4K raw and 120 fps HD using dual Gemini 4:4:4’s. This firmware option will be available coinciding with the delivery of the C500 for $2495 USD.
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Sonnet Announces Cost-Effective Qio™ CF4 Professional CompactFlash® Media Reader | Sonnet Technologies today announced the launch of the Qio™ CF4 professional CompactFlash® (CF) media reader. The latest member of the Sonnet Qio series of professional media readers offers a high-speed, cost-effective alternative to conventional card readers for videographers, studios, and photographers alike. The CF4 is the first four-slot CompactFlash (CF) memory card reader available with support for concurrent file ingest from all four slots and an integrated two-port 6 Gb/s eSATA interface for connecting external storage systems.
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Light Iron Introduces New Distribution Channel For Mobile Post Production SystemsLight Iron – a post production leader specializing in on-site dailies, digital intermediate, archival, and data services for projects originated on file-based motion cameras – announced today that its mobile post production systems will now be available through a unique distribution channel called OUTPOST Enterprise. OUTPOST Enterprise is a membership program whereby companies or individuals providing services to the production industry are equipped to offer Light Iron’s OUTPOST, LILY PAD, or LILY PAD CASE.
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Vision Research Introduces the Versatile Phantom Miro M320S Compact Digital High-Speed CameraVision Research, the leading manufacturer of digital high-speed imaging systems, presents the Phantom® Miro® M320S digital high-speed camera, which takes portable high-speed imaging to the next level by combining the lightweight, rugged design of Vision Research’s latest Miro family with advanced features not found on any other camera in its class.
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Studio Network Solutions Unveils New globalSAN Xtarget Storage Server Software for Mac OS X at NAB 2012Studio Network Solutions (SNS), a premier provider of post-production storage products for video and audio workgroups, today unveiled the unique capabilities of its new software product, globalSAN Xtarget Storage Server.
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Cinedeck announces Cinedeck RXCinedeck LLC announced that it has broken new ground for broadcasters with the launch of Cinedeck RX. Cinedeck RX is a rack mountable multi-format, multi-channel HD-SDI recorder, monitor and playback system that ushers in a new era for production facilities and OB productions.
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Cinedeck Extends Award Winning Capture, Monitoring and Playback Innovations to Outdoor, Mobile Broadcasting Market; Announces Cinedeck RXCinedeck LLC announced today it has broken new ground for broadcasters with the launch of Cinedeck RX. Cinedeck RX is a rack mountable multi-format, multi-channel HD-SDI recorder, monitor and playback system that ushers in a new era for production facilities and OB productions.
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ATTO Technology Demonstrates Thunderbolt™ Technology for Prosumer/Professional Audio and Video Environments at IBCATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, today announced its support for Intel’s Thunderbolt™ technology.
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Matrox tests and qualifies Glyph GT 062E for uncompressed 10-bit editingGlyph Production Technologies, a highly respected, professional data storage provider, announced today that Matrox has finished testing the GT 062E and has qualified it to support the performance necessary for uncompressed 10-bit editing.
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AJA Ki Pro Mini is at Home in the Machine Room at Sweden’s Chimney Pot | AJA’s Ki Pro family of digital recorders can be found in many places -- on sets, at live events, playing out entries in film festivals and dailies in screening rooms. At the largest visual effects company in Sweden, The Chimney Pot, AJA’s Ki Pro Mini portable flash disk recorder can be found in a rack in the machine room. The company uses it as a fast and easy solution to handle high demand for Apple ProRes 422 logging and QuickTime file output.
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Sonnet Introduces Bootable 6Gb/s SATA Host Controller Cards for Desktop and Notebook ComputersSonnet Technologies today introduced its first SATA Revision 3.0 host controller cards — Tempo™ SATA 6Gb/s PCIe 2.0 for desktop computers, and Tempo SATA 6Gb/s ExpressCard®/34 and Tempo edge™ SATA 6Gb/s ExpressCard/34 for notebook computers.
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Primera Announces Speed Enhancements to its Bravo-Series Blu-ray™ Disc Publishers | Primera Technology, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of CD/DVD and Blu-ray Disc Publishers, today announced that it has made two significant speed enhancements to its Bravo-Series Blu-ray Disc Publishers:
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Panasonic Announces New AJ-HPD2500 Solid-State P2 HD Recorder/Player With AVC-Intra Recording | Panasonic Solutions Company today introduced the AJ-HPD2500, a new solid-state P2 HD recorder that offers full 10-bit, 4:2:2 AVC-Intra and DVCPRO/50/HD recording and playback as well as low-bit rate AVCHD transcoding (with optional card) along with extensive production features and versatile connectivity.
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|  Blogs: Selecting storage for video editingWhen it comes time to edit your video, the hard drives you use are going to have a huge impact on the performance of your system. No matter how much RAM you have or how powerful a video card, you won t get real-time performance if your drives are a...Read Blog Subscribe On the Post Production trail at NAB 2013—Day 4Wow, the last day of NAB 2013. I’ve been in Las Vegas since Saturday and in spite of my Rebok Nordic Walkers, I got a couple of blisters. Today the show closed at 2:00 p and the crowds were light. It was a fantastic time for Byron and me to...Read Blog Subscribe REVIEW Wiebetech's ToughTech Drive enclosureWith Macworld coming, I have been getting all sorts of annoying garbage in my email box, But when I got a chance to take a look at the new Tough Tech Drives enclousures from Wiebetech I decided I would use it to do some of the things my older "forensic...Read Blog Subscribemore blogs »Related Tags |
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