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Audio

Sony Stays Small DCR-PC7 Mini DV Camcorder

This month: Sony DCR-PC7 Mini DV Camcorder Videonics Titlemaker 3000 Character Generator Azden WR22-PRO Wireless Microphone Receiver DraCo Systems Casablanca Stand-alone Nonlinear Editor TAO Media Systems L-Port 422 Protocol...

Cameras

Sharp Continues Innovation with VL-H550U Hi8 Viewcam

Videomaker

This month: Sharp VL-H550U Hi8 Viewcam Videomaker's Nickel-cadmium Battery Test Studio 1 Productions Dual Proc Amp Apple Macintosh Performa 6400 with Avid Cinema Nonlinear Editor CrystalGraphics 3D Vortex Plug-in...

Cameras

Canon ES4000 Hi8 CamcorderGets a Time Code

Videomaker

This month: Canon ES4000 Hi8 Camcorder Mini DV Face-off:Sony DCR-TRV7 Mini DV Camcorder Panasonic PV-DV710 Mini DV Camcorder Ulead MediaStudio Pro 5.0 Radius PhotoDV/MotoDV IEEE 1394 FireWire Capture Card Finally,...

News

Streaming FAQ: What is Streaming Video?

Videomaker

In the dark ages of the early 1990s, mankind had to wait many minutes to view downloaded video clips from the Internet. Unfortunately, mortal...

Audio

Hitachi VM-E625LA 8mm Camcorder

Videomaker

Flipped Out Hitachi VM-E625LA 8mm Camcorder ($999) Hitachi Home Electronics 3890 Steve Reynolds Blvd. Norcross, GA 30093 (770) 279-5600 Just a few years ago, only one company--Sharp--made camcorders with built-in LCD...

Audio

Dubbing with CD, Tape and VCR

Videomaker

I'm interested in dubbing audio over video. I saw a separate piece of equipment that looked like a mixer which you can use between...

Profitmaking

Microsoft Wants Windows NT to be Standard for Video Editing

Videomaker

Microsoft Corp. is staging an aggressive bid to help Windows NT land the plum role as the video editing platform of choice. Not content...

Profitmaking

Apple Quicktime Finds Support for Motion JPG CODEC

Videomaker

Industry Watch Version 2.5 of Apple's Quicktime multimedia architecture will support the increasingly popular Motion-JPEG video CODEC. This will allow video editors and others involved...

Editing

Edit Suite: Choosing a Titler

Mike Wilhelm

A titler will do more than just put text on the screen--it can also give your productions a more professional look. I had to make...

Audio

Equipment Needed for Hi8 and VHS Editing System

Videomaker

Q. I am planning to start my own computer-based video production system. My workstation will consist of a Pentium computer with appropriate software, a...