Reviews

Whether you're looking to purchase new equipment, or just adding to your wish list, reviews are a great way to learn about a product before you buy it. Making informed decisions when purchasing new gear will help ensure your overall satisfaction with the product.

A Visit With LaCie

mhageman - June 02nd, 2008

On a brief stopover from our Portland Conference (which went very well, by the way, thanks for asking) we stopped by the storage providers LaCie to take a look at some of their new products. While the company headquarters is in France; the US operation, where they run tech support, sales, and still have a factory that assembles their product is located in Hillsboro Oregon.
New Video Equipment: Mini Camera Bag PMCAB-| Sorenson Squeeze 5 new codecs

Anonymous (not verified) - Sun, 06/01/2008 - 12:00am

New Gear: Petrol's Mini Camera Bag . Process multiple files at the same time with Sorenson Squeeze 5.
Soundbooth Public Beta at Adobe Labs.

mhageman - May 27th, 2008

Adobe has released a sneak peak at their upcoming version of Soundbooth. The speech recognition software looks to be especially useful. If you currently own CS3 you can unlock the public beta until CS4 comes out, all others can try it for 48 hours, so check it out! From an Adobe Press Release: The Soundbooth beta showcases a host of new features for creative professionals to complete their audio production tasks more efficiently, including the new multiple track support which allows users to edit
KRK Launches New Rokit Line of Powered Studio Monitors

mhageman - May 15th, 2008

reprinted from a KRK Systems press release: May 15th, 2008 - Chatsworth, CA - KRK Systems, the worlds leading manufacturer of powered recording monitors, launched the second generation of their industry-standard Rokit monitor. The second generation Rokit incorporates several technologies from the companys flagship VXT and E8B lines, including radically radiused edges along the front of the cabinet. The new Rokits replace the current Rokit 5, 6 and 8 models.
iStockphoto Launching Stock Audio

mhageman - May 14th, 2008

Reprinted from an iStockphoto press release: Today, iStockphoto, the company that revolutionized the stock photography market by offering images online for prices as low as $1, announced it will add royalty-free audio tracks to its collection of downloadable stock content in September 2008. In so doing, iStockphoto will become the first company to offer stock imagery, video footage, vector illustrations, Flash files and audio for purchase under one payment model, on one convenient site.
Avid launches new RAIDs

mhageman - May 08th, 2008

Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced the next-generation of its high-performance storage disk arrays Avid VideoRAID ST and Avid VideoRAID SR solutions which combine real-time performance, cost-effective SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) drive technology, and the security of fail-safe data protection in the event of a disk drive failure.
New Video Equipment: Mini Sentry Case to deter theft|Roland CD-2e|Desktop Network Storage

Anonymous (not verified) - Thu, 05/01/2008 - 12:00am

New Gear: CalVideo's Sentry Case is designed to deter theft of video equipment with 108db alarm. Recording studio runs on 6-AA batteries.
Schneider Introduces HD Classic Soft Filters

mhageman - April 30th, 2008

reprinted from a Schneider press release: Schneider Optics' new HD Classic Soft filters were created in response to requests for a high-quality softening filter to complement the new high- resolution, smaller chip HD cameras. This new family of professional filtration tools is based on the company's renowned Classic Soft filters for cine and broadcast cameras. HD Classic Softs deliver the same subtle, effective softening performance for shooting in the 1/4", 1/3", 1/2" and 2/3" HD formats.
G-Technologies enhances product line for creative pros

mhageman - April 18th, 2008

G-Technologies was busy this NAB introducing a new drive and updating a few others. The new G-RAID Pro drive is a triple interface (FW 800, FW 400, USB 2.0), RAID 0/5, 4-slot hot-swappable hard drive with up to 4TB of capacity. The G-RAID Pro will be available in June for $999 (MSRP).
Disc Makers shows off least expensive automated disc duplicator ever

mhageman - April 18th, 2008

Disc Makers blandished their sub-$500 disc duplicator at NAB this year. It's the first automated disc duplicator in its class to reach such a low price point at $499. We witnessed the Forte at work while we got the run through on the specs, but we missed the chance to get some video. We'll put some pics up real soon.