Marrying the Two
Matrox has a long history in the sometimes-rocky marriage of computer and video technology. The Matrox MXO fills a gap between the prices of high-quality cameras and high-quality monitors. Pro monitors are incredibly expensive and have never benefited from the economies of scale that have brought the...
$4,995
NewTek, Inc.
5131 Beckwith Blvd.
San Antonio, TX 78249
www.newtek.com
(800) 370-8000
New Tech Dawn
In the last haven of analog video--the mid market regional TV station--we grafted into a well-equipped 3 Betacam production studio the little NewTek that could. Our goal: to observe if the time had finally arrived when the balance of broadcast...
$390
Lite-On IT Corporation
726 S Hillview Dr
Milpitas, CA 95035
(888) 845-8366
www.liteonit.com
Right On Lite-On!
If you're tired of your old VCR and a closet full of clunky VHS tapes, then get a DVD Recorder. If you want one with lots of features at a relatively low price, check out the Lite-On...
$299
Ulead Systems
20000 Mariner Ave., Suite 200
Torrance, CA 90503
(800) 85-ULEAD
www.ulead.com
The HDV format is gaining wide industry support, with more camera manufacturers signing on and many software companies offering editing solutions. Of course Ulead is at the front of the pack with its MediaStudio Pro 7 editing software ($295)...
$330
Lite-On IT
726 S. Hillview Dr.
Milpitas, CA 95035
(408) 935-5353
www.liteonit.com
The VCR isn't quite dead yet, but inexpensive DVD recorders are whispering "The end is near." Only a year or so ago, there were a couple of boxes that ran $1,000 each. Then a couple more came out and prices fell to...
If you have taken that big step from creating an occasional video on the side, to full-time video production, you have to work efficiently. If you are the sole owner and operator of a boutique production house, work at a local cable access facility, college or corporate media center,...
$413
Bogen Photo Corp.
565 East Crescent Avenue
Ramsey, N.J. 07446
201-818-9500
www.bogenphoto.com
It is virtually impossible to start and stop a zoom perfectly smoothly, but the Manfrotto 522 LANC Remote Control gets pretty close. Because of the relatively large play of the zoom knob, you can make almost imperceptible zooms that will build tension...
$400
TDK Electronics Corp
901 Franklin Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
(516) 535-2600
www.tdk.com
TDK is a very big name in the blank media business, manufacturing both tapes and discs. And although TDK is not primarily a hardware manufacturer, it offers a number of attractive branded bundles, with good documentation, support and a name you...
A few years back, the editors of Videomaker heard rumors of a standalone editor that used a hard drive, yet didn't require a computer to operate. Before we knew it, an entirely new category of video editor was born.
Since then, the Casablanca has gone through a number of changes....
