A little disappointed...

HowdyDoo

HowdyDoo

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Aside from RED, I'm not too thrilled with this year's NAB announcements. There's some nice stuff, but nothing phenomenal. JVC's step up from the HD100 seems nice but there's not much info on it.

Ultimately I wanted announcements based on what users need to make prosumer HD production work seamlessly RIGHT NOW.

Up front, I wanted better software support for the HD & HDV cameras, better Mac support for MXF files, a new version of Final Cut, a P2 Store with a larger drive capacity, a timeframe announcement for 16GB P2 cards, estimated release dates for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, a cineporter demo, and a few naked showgirls that grant wishes.
 
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Well Panasonic seems to be done with their announcements. Don't know about Apple but they released all their stuff last year on the first Saturday.

I guess there's time, but most companies release their stuff at the top of the week to attract as many people to their booth as possible.
 
Apple's contribution to movie/broadcast people this year was a laptop.
Maybe next year's nab we'll get a new ipod!
 
AVID is the big winner this year. If you're an AVID user then there's reaso to be excited.

Media Composer Software STANDALONE (mac or pc). Works with adrenalin hardware, mojo, mojo SDI, or NOTHING. $5000

MOJO SDI - SDI inputs and outputs as well as AES or Optical for audio.

Avid Express Pro HD for both mac and pc (supports hdv, DVCPro HD all flavors and of course native MXF support)

Pro Tools HD 7.2 has a MASSIVE amount of mixing features added (to many to list). Also you can record video direct into the timeline (frame accurate with up to 48 tracks of audio).

Basic video editing (cut, copy, duplicate, spot of video both avid and quicktime).
Multiple video tracks in pro tools and also multiple video playlists. H.264 support and scalable quicktime movie window.

Did I say cross platform support and intel mac support!

This is only scratching the surface of the new things they are showing.

Online learning/training portal
Avid Interplay
Avid Studio Toolkit (blu-ray support)
 
Yeah, but that $5000 price tag is a little out there. Don't hear of too many DVXusers using Avid to work with the HVX. Think their announcements will change that?
 
Just coming back from NAB I can say that it was more interesting than just the press releases.

JVC - Here is some good and accurate info about it: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=66002

AVID - Nice to see they are lowing the price and getting the big picture.

FCP - will now support 24P (i.e. work with the HD100).

RED - Went to the booth, not much to see, no real new info other than price. Was actually suprised at how little attention it was actually getting. For a closed in booth there were not many people inside nor a line outside.
 
Avid had some of the coolest stuff this year, I agree!

PS. I disagree about Red. If you would have taken the time to speak with someone there, you would have gotten a lot of info, and there was a LOT of people at the booth most of the time.
 
I took the time to speak to someone in the RED booth and they told me everything I already knew except price. Go to the RED website it's even more informative than the booth.
 
One sad thing from NAB was I was hoping to meet that Christopher Walkin look-a-like at the DVX get together on Monday night... but no John Hudson...
 
I think next year's NAB will satisify the prosumer HD customer base a bit more than this year. I don't know why I was expecting more considering most of the HD - HDV cameras were JUST placed into consumer's hands.

Hopefully next year most of the bugs will have been squashed, software will have been updated and tweaked, bigger P2 cards will have been released, and hey... maybe Cinemek will demo the G35? I predict it'll be a toilet paper tube spray painted black with an Acuvue lens.
 
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Don't hear of too many DVXusers using Avid to work with the HVX.
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If apple, panny & adobe are not giving support for hvx 720p25/50 anytime soon, there might be a lot of Europeans interested in avid.
 
HowdyDoo said:
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Up front, I wanted better software support for the HD & HDV cameras, better Mac support for MXF files, a new version of Final Cut, a P2 Store with a larger drive capacity, a timeframe announcement for 16GB P2 cards, estimated release dates for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, a cineporter demo, and a few naked showgirls that grant wishes.
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Hello Howdy, (that was redundant) :)

Just wanted to mention on this thread that there will be news VERY soon on the latest with the CinePorter™ on our website. Some new pictures of a finilized mock-up and a list of the new specs. A release date will be following that a little later.

Hope this helps.

P.S. We can't help you with the Show Girls. Not too many of those in Maryland. :)

Best regards,

Andrew Hoffman
 
Great! I still haven't bought my HVX yet. Maybe I'll buy that and a cineporter together! Any package deals available?
 
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