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Serious Magic DV Rack Offers HD Support for the Panasonic AG-HVX200


April 24, 2006 (Las Vegas, NV) Booth # SU636 - Serious Magic, Inc. announced today that DV Rack, the company's powerful direct-to-disk video recording and monitoring software, will support the Panasonic AG-HVX200, the world's first hand-held high definition solid-state memory camcorder.

"DV Rack records direct-to-disk eliminating the need to swap P2 cards while shooting," said Karl Soule, product manager for DV Rack. "Because DV Rack monitors video and audio signal quality in real-time for either 1080i or 720p video, a PC or laptop connected to the HVX200 will enable users to obtain the best quality footage while saving time by identifying and correcting lighting, video, audio and continuity problems while on location."

DV Rack enables users to instantly review a clip, scrub to any frame, zoom in, check levels, see audio peaks, and compare shots in a split screen and more - all without wasting time and head-wear searching tape. Recent enhancements to the software include expanded timecode support for slave recorded clips in the QuickTime and AVI formats. A keyboard shortcut has been added to zoom into a 1:1 aspect ratio of the Field Monitor providing line-for-line accuracy. This provides ideal resolution for critical focus when working with high definition. The new Flip Mode feature allows the image in the Field Monitor (and the signal in the Waveform Monitor) to be flipped horizontally, vertically, or in both dimensions. This support is particularly valuable to videographers using 35mm lens adapters such as the Redrock M2.

Availability
DV Rack support for the HVX200 will be available in early summer for $199.95 (MSRP).

About Serious Magic, Inc.
Serious Magic, Inc. was founded in early 2001 by a team of industry veterans to create the next generation of visual communication tools. Award-winning products include Visual Communicator 2, Ovation, Vlog It!, ULTRA, and DV Rack. The name Serious Magic was inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's observation:
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." For more information, please visit www.seriousmagic.com.
 
This is fantastic news ~ so does this mean it will act as a good monitor to check focus?
 
This is awesome... The HVX just became a lot more affordable, if you don't mind being connected to a laptop. Still, very cool.

-Jeremy
 
I just want it so that I can use my laptop as a field monitor ~ that's if it's suitable for focusing 1920x1080 footage.
 
A laptop with at least 1280 x 1080 resolution should be more than adequate for discerning focus. That is...if the laptop can monitor in full frame rate too.
 
Just run in under BootCamp on the Mac. ;)


.... i know... i know... not everyone is on an intel mac just yet, but it's certainly a future possibility.
 
I'd spend the $200 for the flip-mode alone as I shoot with a 35mm lens adapter...FCP doesn't have that.
 
Yeees! At last, this is what I've been waiting for.

Any ideas on the spec of hardware needed to run this?

I would love to run this on a UMPC of some sort.
 
There is no speed penalty running Windows on an Intel Mac. In fact, if you check the benchmarks, the Macs are running Windows apps faster than most PC's. I can attest to that myself. I've never seen Visual Studio or Photoshop run faster.
 
I hvae been shooting 1080/60 directly to my laptop for over 2 months. Canopus Broadcast. Works wonderfull.
Mule Ferguson
 
This makes a macbook pro a real world purchase for me in the summer. Now with this software, P2 viewer... P2store, and the firestore.. there's a whole bunch of options available.
 
The beauty of this unit is the ability to convert your laptop LCD into a broadcast calibrated video monitor. Thus illiminating the need for an extra monitor and making the laptop a one man stop production suite. I believe it also has scopes and the ability to have a more simplified record function.
 
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