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Adobe
Jim Guerard, Adobe's vice president of product management for Web and Video Solutions will share the company's post-Macromedia acquisition vision for reshaping the future of video and Web during his keynotes at NAB.
Venues:
The NAB Super Session "Earthquake Insurance - Are You Ready for the Tectonic Shift in Film and Broadcast" on Tuesday, April 25 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. The session focuses on the business-related benefits of new digital media applications. Just as a utility might own its own generating plants, transmission system, and distribution lines to provide all aspects of electric service, individuals and companies in the broadcast and film industries are now creating and controlling every aspect of the creative and production process for film and broadcast, providing a "one-stop shopping" environment.
The NAB Web & Mobile Conference on Wednesday, April 26, 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. The keynote will focus on "Casting a Wider Net: Capture Viewers with Rich Media Experiences for Broadcast, Web and Mobile." This conference is aimed at today's broadcast, post, and design professionals involved with producing and delivering content for Web, mobile and broadcast. Sessions will focus on the latest topics, tips and techniques for Web design & development, server-based media streaming, and mobile content from industry experts. Topics will include state-of-the-art Web technologies such as CSS, XML, RSS, Flash Video, Content Delivery Networks, ActionScript and Flex - all within the framework of Adobe's powerful applications. Our expert Certified Instructors, power users and gurus will prepare attendees to meet Web and mobile projects head-on -- as power-designers and power-developers.
Artbeats
Artbeats, the industry's leading provider of high-quality royalty-free stock footage, will showcase several exhilarating new electric effects collections at the NAB 2006, Booth SL3758. Shot in conjunction with kVA, the world leader in high-voltage effects, Artbeats used one of the world‚s largest Tesla Coils to generate huge bolts of lightning. Artbeats innovative new collections will feature such high-voltage effects as lightning in clouds, single bolts striking telephone poles, satellite dishes, towers and a stunt person, as well as electric effects from a variety of equipment including Jacob's ladders, tube coils, plasma generators and more. The working titles for these and other new collections being debuted at NAB 2006 include: High Voltage Scenarios; Lightning Arcs; Lightning & Clouds; Lightning Strikes; Electric Arcs; Starfields; Night Sky; Cloud Effects; New York City Aerials 2; Streets of New York; Asian Cities; and Crowds of the World. Artbeats will also offer anextensive selection of royalty-free single clips and 320 x 240 resolutionclips for pod-casts.
Asaca
Asaca Corporation, a leading developer of high-capacity, high-performance data storage solutions, has announced two key storage components for this year's NAB-HD Pavilion, booth #C11537 at NAB 2006. Asaca's new OSVault Network Archive Server and TeraCart BD Library will be integrated into a fully functional local DTV station that will include all the technical, operational and management elements required to broadcast DTV signals in both SD and HD."For the second consecutive year, the best solutions the HD broadcast industry has to offer will be pooled together at the NAB HD Pavilion in a full-functioning television station, broadcasting live from the show floor," said Chuck Larabie, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Asaca/ShibaSoku Corporation. "We were thrilled to have both the OSVault and TeraCart BD chosen as integral storage components for NAB-HD Pavilion's live DTV station."
Asaca's Network Attached OSVault can be configured with a choice of Multiport Gb or 10Gb Ethernet interfaces to deliver over-sized HD files and can offer scaleable capacities up to 48 drives per tray or 24TB per server. Following a simple plug and use installation, the OSVault can be easily accessed just like any other file server on the network.
Attached to the OSVault will be Asaca‚s new Blu-ray technology, the TeraCart BD. Together, the OSVault/TeraCart BD can provide up to 100 Terabytes of network attached archival storage. Futhermore the TeraCartBD library can be easily configured internally to simultaneously manage 50GB recordable, Dual-Layer BD-IT media as well as DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD±R, DVD±RW, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-R/W media within the same library. In addition, using the built in software, the ASACA library can also be customized to manage multiple virtual libraries within the same cabinet enabling broadcasters to work on several projects simultaneously.
As part of the total broadcast environment at the NAB HD Pavilion, the Asaca solutions will store raw and edited content of recorded interviews and mini-documentaries that will be produced for the show on a variety of how-to topics and broadcast throughout the NAB show floor.
Ascent Media
Ascent Media Systems & Technology Services, Booth SU2947, delivers the crucialengineering and implementation expertise that supports the evolution of today's electronic media technology. Ascent is one of the industry's leaders in providing technology consulting, engineering, and systems integration; creating solutions that help bring content to viewers around the world.
The European team is headed up by Richard Scott and Steve France, who together bring over 40 years of broadcast technology experience to Ascent's consulting and systems integration division. Ascent Media's client base spans broadcast, cable, entertainment, satellite, telecom, production/post production, news, corporate video and government organisations. The company offers a full range of resources to ensure that customers can deploy an end-to-end solution to address immediate, emerging and long-term needs.
Autocue with QTV
QTV will be spearheading the global launch of Autocue’s new prompting product lines.
MASTER SERIES LINE OF PROMPTERS. Autocue has remodeled its highly successful and popular line of premier prompters, incorporating a wealth of customer feedback and innovation to produce a targeted line of prompters
specifically designed for the demanding, real-time worldwide broadcastmarket.
PROFESSIONAL SERIES LINE OF PROMPTERS. This new product line builds on Autocue’s expertise and introduces to the market an extensive range of highquality, affordable prompters targeted at a variety of non-traditional
broadcast business sectors, including production companies, educational institutions, religious broadcasters and corporate production facilities.
NEXT GENERATION WINCUE SOFTWARE. Autocue has re engineered its WinCue prompting suite of software and hardware from the ground up to incorporate state-of-the art technologies, allowing for the development of next generation, integrated prompting concepts and solutions. Autocue will also be launching another newsroom product: QSMART: An affordable newsroom computer system ’in a box’, which provides a wide range of functionality specifically for small market stations.
ALSO BEING SHOWN AT NAB2006:
QTV will be exhibiting its popular conference products and various prompting accessories.
Autocue will be exhibiting QSeries, its comprehensive suite of newsroom production and automation systems. Particular emphasis will be placed on QNet, its multi-user production application ideally suited to corporate, religious and sports broadcasting requirements.
Autoscript
Autoscript to Launch New Teleprompting Technology at NAB 2006, booth number: C-7415.
Autoscript, an international company providing the highest quality products for teleprompting applications, will feature "GoPrompt-15", a new, self-contained, completely wireless prompting system at NAB 2006.
GoPrompt-15 features a 15-inch high-brightness screen designed to bringstudio-standard readability to field operations. For the first time,true studio prompting can be done in the field without the need for laptop computers and associated distractions. The GoPrompt-15 is even capable of field editing via USB or PS-2 keyboard.
Autoscript's new "Wireless Foot Control" (WFC) means that a studio can be set up anywhere by simply putting the WFC in place. The WFC can berun with AC or DC power, thereby eliminating cable runs in hard-to-access areas. The WFM also features a 10-channel input to enable multiple units to use a single system. At NAB Autoscript will also launch what it claims to be the perfect fill light. "Plus-Light" is mounted to, and powered by, Autoscript's TFT on-camera prompters. Using an LED array, Plus-Light offers soft controllable light without the aggravation of conventional tungsten fixtures. With no AC cables needed to/from the camera or pedestal, no heat issues and a simple mounting solution, Plus-Light is ideal for studio or field prompting.
And finally, the ELP15-PT on-camera prompter enables a 15-inch teleprompter to be coupled with lightweight robotic pan and tilt heads. The revolutionary "carousel mount" carries the weight so that the pan and tilt head does not. For the first time, true through- the-lens studio-size prompters can be used with robotic systems.
AXON
AXON Digital Design. is showing the world’s first hot swappable Dolby Digital® Encoder at NAB2006. Other products include the world’s first TWINS high-end HD-SDI to SD-SDI/composite down converter, an extremely compact mobile digital router, and new TWINS integrity checkers. AXON can be found on stand SU1414A, together with strategic alliance partners, NVISION."The new products that we are introducing at NAB underline the approach that AXON has adopted: to be a forerunner in advanced solutions, unparalleled in the industry, by developing products in close cooperation with our key-customers", said Harry Kanters, Commercial Director of Axon Digital Design. He continued, “Take the AXON ‘world’ premier, the modular hot-swappable Dolby Digital® encoder, it is a significant step forward in HD audio capabilities and a proof of AXON’s precursor position.”Prodcuts on show iclude:
Synapse Integrated Dolby Digital® encoding
AXON’s new modular Dolby Digital® encoder is part of the Synapse broadcast system, a forerunner in integrating Dolby and HD technologies. It is the world’s first hot-swappable modular Dolby Digital® Encoder. Synapse has provision for 18 encoders in an enclosure just 4 RU high (compared to 1 RU per channel for existing Dolby Digital® encoders). In common with all Synapse units, it features a dual redundant supply. Over 70 TV channels from four European broadcasters already use this modular Dolby Digital® Encoder.Dual-channel HD-SDI to SD-SDI/composite down converter
Providing full broadcast quality, the Synapse TWINS 2HS10 is the world’s first ultra-high-quality HD-SDI to SD-SDI/composite down converter with two channels on one card. It features optimized scaling and filter algorithms
to ensure crisp broadcast-ready pictures from a native HD source, and makes it possible to simulcast SD signals from a native HD infrastructure. Being a dual-channel card, it means 36 channels fit in a 4RU 19-inch frame.
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Black Magic
Blackmagic Design will exhibit in BoothSL3985
Blackmagic Design, manufacturer of the world’s highest quality video cards and converters for the post-production and television broadcast industries, will feature its award-winning products: Multibridge Express - PCI Express editing and converting solutions; DeckLink family ofleading quality video cards; HDLink, and Workgroup Videohub.Founded by some of the world's leading editors and engineers from the post-production industry; BMD has operations in the USA, Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Australia.
Boris FX
New Solutions include Boris Blue and Boris Red Boston, MA - Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, will demonstrate new solutions includingBoris Blue version 1.0 and Boris Red version 4.0 at NAB 2006. The latestBoris FX solutions will be demonstrated at booth SL2596, as well as the Avid Partner Pavilion, booth SL1513. Boris solutions are also included as part of the third annual NAB Post|Production World Conference.Designed specifically for editors, Red integrates with more than 20 supported NLEs, including Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Avid systems. Red offers an unprecedented range of features and adds the Red Engine for standalone rendering. Boris Red is a powerful and versatile application that integrates advanced 2D and 3D compositing, industry-leading software DVE technology, robust 3D extrusion and animation, native vector titling, motion tracking, vector paint, rotoscoping, Adobe Illustrator file animation and extrusion and more, all in a single plug-in.
Version 4.0 introduces dozens of new features, including new filters, 16-bit color support and a sophisticated new paint engine. The new raster paintengine features clone and roller brushes. A raster to vector convertor tool can automatically convert a bitmap raster file into an animatable extruded vector shape. Among the new filters, the Motion Path filter animates objects on a spline path. You can also import EBU subtitle files to generatestandard subtitles for multiple languages and DVDs. Improved integration with Avid® and Apple® Final Cut Pro® systems has also been added.
Boris Red version 4.0 is expected to ship in Q3 2006. Boris Blue is a 3D compositing and motion graphics solution based on the award-winning Boris Red plug-in. This standalone application provides unprecedented 3D creativity with real-time performance to accelerate your workflow. Although it hadn’t yet shipped, Blue won a Vidy Award at NAB 200 5in recognition of outstanding achievement in the advancement of the art and science of video technology.”
Boris FX will also hold an NAB User Group on Sunday, April 23, at 3:30 pm. This event will take place at the Las Vegas Hilton, 3000 Paradise Rd. in the Ballrooms D-E.
Broadcast Pix
Broadcast Pix™ (NAB Booth #SL522) will introduce Scripts, advanced memory software for its line of production switchers. Unlike conventional switchers, to which a graphics system and clip stores must be added, Broadcast Pix switchers have those devices built-in. Scripts takes advantage of this tight integration by recalling not only key settings, but also the exact clips, titles and animations to fill the keys. Scripts can be extended to control camera position and lens, as well as video servers. With Scripts, a single-button push can select a camera, position it, bring it to air, fade on its specific title, and then fade it off.
Broadcast Pix will also introduce Version 4 software for the company’s unique switcher with integrated graphics and clips. Version 4 addresses the fact that live video production studios can be run by a single professional, a team, or a novice. With Version 4 software, any combination of these staffing models can create more dynamic live video than that produced by a conventional live studio comprised of individual components.
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CHYRON
Chyron will exhibit in Booth SU2964.
Announcing Chyron's new graphics operating system. Lyric Pro brings to broadcasters a tool set and simplicity of use, unmatched in the industry. Using Chyron's new interFuse Technology, Lyric Pro allows graphics to be created just the way everyone thinks of them, in pieces. Built on Chyron's established Lyric graphics operating system, using Lyric Pro an artist simply merges individual elements to create the final on air graphic seconds before going on air.
NEW Channel Box: an HD/SD switchable, turnkey branding system featuring 3D design and controllable playout for branding applications including tickers, crawls, promos and end-credits. With an intuitive Creation GUI and Customisable Control GUI events are easily created, and brought to air either manually or using automation.
Hyper-X HD/SD: Chyron is showing the latest developments for its "Gold Standard" Graphics System. The HyperX is the most advanced HD or SD graphics system available today and includes exceptional capabilities such as advanced 3D for stunning graphics, a full range of options including a compressed, real-time clip player, multi-layer video mixing, advanced timeline controlled audio effects mixing and an easy migration path from SD to HD.
NEW X-Clyps SD and HD/SD: Chyron's Graphics clip server is now available in HD/SD as well as SD only formats and includes 3 and 4 point clip looping for unprecedented on air operation, clip to clip transitions for higher production value, P-Bus interface for simple integration with Switchers and best of all a new price structure providing even better value.
NEW Dynacrawl HD: Now available in HD, Dynacrawl allows the user to easily create two continuous streams of automatically updated news, sports, financial information and more, plus time/temperature/logo display.
Controlware
"NetSwitch" and "EasySwitch"
New Umbrella Management Software for OpenBroadcast
Controlware's OpenBroadcast software suite offers management, monitoring, scheduling, switching, and billing solutions for media networks. "NetSwitch" and "EasySwitch" network management software is designed to bring a highly refined operating tool to companies that want to move video and media between locations. The modular software platform enables broadcasters to switch video and data connections via a telecommunication network. The networks can be based on different technologies such as PDH, SDH, ATM, DTM, or IP. Controlware software allows users to connect and disconnect video and data connections manually or based on a schedule; base route finding on sophisticated algorithms; control a wide range of vendor encoders, video routers, network access devices, and switches; manage resources and bandwidth to avoid overbooking of networks; and support disaster recovery initiatives such as fault recognition and automatic fail-over switching. The OpenBroadcast software suite offers a consolidated view and can be easily customized to specific customer requirements.
IP Network Access Systems -- TVG410/TVG420
Controlware will demonstrate video-over-IP solutions based on the TVG410/TVG420 gateways. The video gateways are compact, cost-effective, and reliable product platforms that send broadcast-quality video via IP networks. The TVG410/TVG420 broadcast video gateway is used to adapt uncompressed (SDI) or compressed (DVB/ASI -- MPEG2; MPEG4/AVC) to IP. Up to 16 DVB/ASI ports per RU can be used either to transmit or to receive video over selectable Fast and Gigabit Ethernet network interfaces. Controlware's
adjustable standard FEC (MPEG Forum COP-3) ensures uncompromised video quality over IP networks. The new solutions offer scalable redundancy and end-to-end, quality terms of service (TOS), as well as easy and user-friendly configuration and control.
Monitoring and Analysis Systems - ARS
The Controlware ASI Recording Server/Logger (ARS) is a multiport DVB/ASI recorder and analyzer designed for quality assurance, preservation of evidence, and as a "Run Log." Up to eight DVB/ASI streams can be recorded simultaneously onto a flexible and scalable RAID storage platform (up to 32TB). Recording of the entire transport stream (MPEG2, MPEG4/AVC) can be triggered manually, based on a configurable schedule or continuous. All received real-time or recorded streams can be sent via a DVB/ASI output port or streamed via IP for further review or analysis. Recorded video can also be burned to DVD storage for additional processing. The ARS has a sophisticated analysis tool that verifies DVB/ASI streams in real time or as recorded streams. The ARS analysis option provides detailed statistics of the MPEG transport stream table information, program IDs, as well as ETR290 measurements. The system is based on a client/server technology in order to deliver control functions from multiple PCs remotely.
Curious Software
Curious Software, booth SL1323, is using the NAB 2006 platform to showcase its revolutionary new Curious Traffic Flow.
Traffic Flow combines Curious Traffic Producer and Curious Map Presenter to offer broadcasters a complete solution for the design, production and on-air presentation of their traffic maps.
Traffic Producer targets the acclaimed mapmaking power of Curious World Maps specifically at illustrating traffic reports. The simple template-driven user interface allows both graphics and non-graphics professionals to quickly focus on the area of interest, add storytelling details and create still or animated maps that are ready for air in a single click.
With Traffic Producer it’s easy to create a full run down of maps illustrating different traffic incidents in a city or area. Features include drag and drop symbols that can be added to the map to illustrate accidents or road blocks, plus the ability to highlight roads to show traffic state.
The comprehensive street database can be searched extremely quickly using street names and house numbers, street intersections or GPS co-ordinates. Animation is entirely automatic, created with simple wizards, and the final still or animated maps can be ready for air in seconds.
Completing the Curious Traffic Flow is Map Presenter, an interactive playback system for the control room or studio. A full rundown of stills or animations can be imported from Traffic Producer, or built within the Map Presenter. Video clips can also be incorporated from elsewhere. The order of the rundown can be changed with simple drag and drop operations right up to the moment of broadcast. Play through the rundown can be automatic, or can be programmed to wait for a cue from the presenter before continuing. The presenter can also add live or recorded telestration over the map to illustrate further particular items of interest.
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da Vinci
New at NAB2006:
Expanded Resolve® Product Line for Varying Digital Mastering Applications
The innovation and genius of da Vinci that have made it the cornerstone of color enhancement continues to evolve as the company shows its industry-standard products for the DI (digital intermediate) workflow at NAB2006. da Vinci will be showcasing an expanded product line based on its Resolve® digital mastering suite. Supported by three distinct hardwareconfigurations and its exclusive PowerPlant programmable hardware acceleration, the Resolve FX, Resolve DI, and Resolve RT systems are each designed to address specific post-production applications and are optimized for varying resource demands. All feature da Vinci's Emmy® Award-winning color enhancement toolset combined with non-linear conforming tools. Resolve FX is an excellent entry-level solution for studios wanting to offer file-based, nonlinear color enhancement and conforming work -- making it ideal for processing and matching short clips in a less-demanding digital intermediate workflow. Resolve FX is equipped with PowerPlant, da Vinci's software-programmable image processing accelerator. For facilities new to the realm of DI, the FX is a versatile solution that can be upgraded by adding additional PowerPlants as volume and time demands increase.
New da Vinci 2K Plus Version 4.0 Features
At NAB2006 da Vinci will be demonstrating an improved toolset for its 2K Plus, the industry's leading color enhancement system and the most widely used system in digital intermediate (DI) applications. da Vinci experts will be showing how this versatile product, synonymous with the term "color correction," can be utilized in both linear and nonlinear applications to accomplish a digital intermediate workflow. Demonstrations of the long-sought-after ColorTrace option will impress colorists with a "five-second solution to the five-hour problem." ColorTrace enables colorists to update CDLs (color decision lists) automatically to match any editorial changes made to the program material, saving hours of manual copying and list manipulation. Other Version 4.0 features on display will include four independent PowerVectors -- for quadrupling available defocus areas -- and a unique Toolbox2 effects area that delivers image and matte defocus for both In Window and Out of Window corrections, using onboard PowerWindows combined with key signals or a PowerVector qualifier. Integration of Revival Image Restoration With Resolve With the integration of da Vinci's Revival image restoration system into the company's Resolve digital mastering suite, colorists now have direct access to a robust set of restoration tools while completing color grading. This integration saves post houses time, money, and hassle by eliminating the need for moving data between workstations, allowing colorists to address
unexpected restoration tasks without delay. With this new platform, facilities are able to operate an image restoration toolset concurrent with digital color grading, without having to purchase additional hardware.
Dalet Digital Media Systems
Dalet Digital Media Systems, a leading provider of media management tools for more than a decade, will demonstrate its comprehensive DaletPlus product line and partner showcases at NAB 2006. The latest Dalet solutions will be exhibited on stand SL.1132.
DaletPlus software solutions empower tapeless workflows because DaletPlus products are based on DaletPlus, an Enterprise Media Platform (EMP), they facilitate the implementation of collaborativetape-less workflows and drastically enhance productivity by providing immediate access to valuable media assets. DaletPlus software solutions run on standard IT infrastructure and integrate proprietary broadcast equipment so as to implement mission critical systems for professional content providers.
Dayang
Six major new product releases will be announced by Dayang at NAB 2006 on the company's 120 square metre booth.
Dayang D3-Edit HD8 HDTV video/audio editor
Dayang's D3-Edit HD8 video/audio editor supports compressed HD and uncompressed video formats including 8/10 bit YUV, MPEG2-I and DVCPRO HD as well as DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO-50 SD and HDV. It incoporates all the operating modes and most functions of the existing D3-Edit family. Hybrid editing of HD and SD is also supported. Features include hardware-accelerated real-time 3D page turn, reshaping, graphic pasting and particle effects based on Flex 3D and Power of X technology.
Dayang MagicWall 5000 Series high-resolution monitor splitter:
A powerful new addition to the MagicWall family of monitor splitters,the MagicWall 5000 has auto-sensing analog/SDI inputs andswitchable dual 1600 x 1200 pixels DVI outputs with integralde-interlacing. Designed for use in broadcast playout facilities, itsupport 16/32 channel SDI-video with embedded audio. Two-channel or four-channel audio level can be displayed alongside each image.Additional features include network/GPs-sourced time and countdown display, under-monitor display with automatic ID prompt, and a hard disk recording function. A versatile auto-alert system is also incorporated, including video blackburst, still, lost video/audio and lost logo.
Dayang VIPS 2000 four-channel server:
A new addition to the VIPS range of broadcast ingest/playout servers, VIPS 2000 has four channels which can be assigned to simultanous input or output, or deployed in dual-channel in/out mode. VIPS 2000 can perform ingest and playout of files in DV, MPEG2-I, MPEG-IBP and GXF formats in NTSC, PAL or ASI. VDCP and SNMP networking protocols are supported.
Dayang VIPS 3000 HD server:
Designed for HD or multiformat broadcast applications, the VIPS 3000 server supports simultaneous output of HD and SD signals. HD ingest and playout can be performed in MPEG-I, MPEG-IBP, DVCPRO HD formats. For SD, ingest and broadcasting of files in DV25, DV50, MPEG-I, MPEG-IBP formats are supported.
Dayang D3-CG-HD character generator
The Dayang D3-CG-HD character generator provides broadcasters and post-production facilities with all the tools they need to create HD graphics, titles and animation, including real-time letter-by-letter motion-path manipulation. Running on an open PC platform, it delivers 1080i-native multilayer graphics at 50/50.95/60 field/s or 1080p at 23.967/24/25/29.97/30 frame/s. Innovative features of the D3-CG-HD include 3D titling and true object based timeline control for infinite-layer title display.
Dayang D3-Transcode Centre
The Dayang D3 Transcode Centre performs video and audio encoding/decoding, file transmission and metadata switching. Incoming signals are automatically detected from a wide range of video/audio file formats including DV25, DV50, MPEG2 I frame, MPEG2 IBP, MPEG4, YUV, RGB, Windows Media, Real Media and Motion-JPEG. Other features includedistributed code conversion and transcode during-upload.
DielectricThe company‚s product offerings include antennas, towers, line, aviation-obstruction lighting, filters, and combiners. Dielectric service offerings include tower mapping, modifications, and installation; test and inspection; maintenance; and complete monitoring. Dielectric is at the forefront of the development of new, innovative products for the ever-changing needs of the broadcaster and has installed more DTV systems than all other manufacturers combined.
NAB2006 New Product Announcements
MobileMedia ProductsAntennas
Dielectric has supplemented its successful MobileMedia product line with a line of antennas and filters engineered for the 1.67-GHz spectrum. This new product line includes panel antennas as well as traveling-wave antennas.
Both offer various pattern options. In addition, the unique approach of the traveling-wave design allows for a broad choice of beam tilt and gain without increasing the above-the-horizon radiation.
Filter
The mask filter with less than .3 percent bandwidth has excellentperformance in a very compact design. The filter uses a pseudo-ellipticdesign with high Q dielectric resonators. This design is excellent for low-cost, high-power applications.
DFM Series Manifold Combiner
Dielectric's FM Manifold combiner breaks new ground in the search for a low-cost multistation combiner solution. The new FM Manifold combiner design allows similar performance to a traditional multistation combiner, at a significantly reduced cost. The unit is similar in appearance to a traditional Branch-style combiner although the electrical performance is far superior. The most notable difference is that the output manifold, which is comprised of a single coaxial line, has a separate tee junction for each input frequency and a short circuit stub on the end farthest from the output. As with all combiners, each input to the manifold combiner requires a band-pass filter tuned for the input frequency. This filter in turn rejects all other frequencies in the manifold.
M2M Solutions
Dielectric's Flash Technology will be introducing new products to its established line of M2M solutions. These condition-monitoring solutions aredesigned to save time and money by allowing users to access, monitor, and manage equipment remotely from anywhere in the world. The versatility of the product is unprecedented with the ability to monitorand manage non-IT-based assets such as HVAC units, back-up generators, security access instruments, street lamps, and cooling towers.
In addition, the M2M solutions can help with predictive maintenance, which can streamline operations and reduce unnecessary operating expenses.
Digital Vision
As a world leader in the development of advanced digital media applications, specialising in solutions for 2k film, broadcast, HD long form and HD commercials post production, Digital Vision will present its image processing, data-centric workflow and colour correction at NAB2006.
DVNR 2k Image Processing & Restoration System
Digital Vision will premier its new DVNR 2k system, which provides full aperture 2k RGB processing at 15 frames per second (fps) over HSDL links, as well as real-time processing in the video domain. The system supports Digital Vision’s famous film grain and electronic noise reducer, its automated film dirt, dust and random scratch concealment system, and its adaptable aperture corrector.
Software-Based Restoration & Image Processing
Digital Vision will be showcasing its latest DVO software tools, which build on DV’s 20 years of experience in image processing. DVO is a suite of resolution-independent image processing tools, including DVO Grain, DVO Dust and DVO Aperture.
9 Processor and 17 Processor Nucoda Workstations
The latest Nucoda workstations provide blistering increases in speed and throughput for data-centric colour correction and image processing.
Nucoda Film Master v3
The new version of Nucoda Film Master incorporates major improvements in the user interface that enhance productivity and make the system much easier to learn and use for colourists.
DataDirect Networks
DataDirect Networks, Inc., will demonstrate at NAB 2006, booth SL 2985, the S2A9500 Storage System. The S2A9500 storage system, integrating the latest in high performance storage networking technologies delivering six concurrent 2K streams or two 4K streams, empowers users with the ability to perform true real-time post production collaboration in HD post production, CGI, and 2K and 4K digital intermediate service applications.
"Our new S2A9500 open real-time storage system gives producers and editors independent and simultaneous access to native HD, 2K (2048x1080) and 4K (4096x2160) film resolution content," explains Paul Bloch, President of DataDirect Networks. "With up to 3 GB/s of sustained real-time throughput and up to 480 TB of storage capacity in a two rack system, the S2A9500 can easily scale to handle the bandwidth and capacity intensive requirements needed in the evolving HD post production and mastering, visual effects, compositing, 3D animation, and digital intermediate space, empowering true real-time collaborative workflows."
The S2A9500 storage solution allows post production facilities to utilize the many types of post production systems and applications needed to create in real-time regardless of file format and size. The system works with a wide range of NAS and SAN solutions, shared and parallel file systems, supports Fibre Channel-4 and InfiniBand host connectivity simultaneously, and can use Fibre Channel or SATA disks. It has consolidated and fully integrated SAN functionality in one simple, easy to use intelligent device and its technology allows management of up to 480 TBs in a two rack storage system. The S2A's fully pipelined, parallel processing architecture enabled by high-speed data-mover ASICs and software delivers reliable SAN storage solutions that are easy to install, scale and manage, while delivering data quickly for real-time application productivity.
"Post production houses are already starting to build out their facilities and are realizing that significant bandwidths and ultra-high throughput are required to take advantage of the latest, most advanced and timesaving digital applications," concludes Bloch. "The S2A9500 storage system will help to accelerate the migration of the HD post production and digital intermediate markets into a completely digital environment, integrating NAS and SAN, and helping users to consolidate and easily manage their storage, dramatically reducing their total cost of ownership and increasing their return on investment."
DNF
DNF Controls is a leading provider of hardware- and software-based control solutions for equipment used in the television broadcast, audio/video production, post-production, and graphics markets.
New DNF Controls Products at NAB2006 As-Run Log Option for the 3040P/DLO Playlist Playout and On-Air Automation Backup System
New at NAB2006 is DNF Controls As-Run Log option for the 3040P/DLO playlist playout and on-air automation backup system. This new option allows for logging of playout time and duration as well as playout errors. The As-Run Log can be easily uploaded from the 3040P/DLO to the user's computer via a Windows-based download utility. The 3040P/DLO provides a versatile and flexible means to download a playlist, edit it, and get it on the air fast.
It gives users the power to take control of the server quickly and easily in the event of an on-air automation failure to make sure they stay on air.
DMAT-O-EZ Sports Controller
This latest addition to the DMAT Sports Controller family allows videotapeoperators to simplify their transition to sports control. With the DMAT-O-EZ, instant replays and highlight lists are simple, fast, and EZ! DMAT-O-EZ puts users in control, allowing them to mark and save cues quickly and easily and recall them with minimal keystrokes for slow-motion instant replays. Users get fast access to information using DMAT's easy-to-read display while the system's simple control panel layout keeps them in control.
New name, new enhanced features and functionality for the GTP-32 GPI Tally Processor
Back in the limelight is DNF Controls' GTP-32 GPI Tally Processor, previously the Tally Interface Box. Designed to process and distribute GPIs and tallies between mobile trucks, production facilities, and broadcast facilities, this enhanced new version offers an Event Log option for logging all GPI or GPO events. Events are time-stamped using a real-time clock, or LTC timecode. The new GTP-32 now also offers users the ability to change configuration tables between shows quickly with just the press of a switch. Added system diagnostics simplify the GTP-32's configuration, particularly for distribution of GPIs and tallies over a company intranet, Internet, between facilities, or cross-country.
Also Offering a Wide Range of Control Solutions at NAB2006T
DolbyThis year we are showcasing our new technologies for tomorrow’s broadcast, packaged media and digital cinema applications. We are excited to introduce three new products at the show and some of the hottest technology from Dolby that is taking the entertainment experience to the next level.
Dolby Media Producer professional suite
These tools support all Dolby coding technologies for disc-based media formats such as HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, as well today’s DVD-Video and DVD-Audio formats. The suite includes Dolby Media Encoder, Dolby Media Decoder, and Dolby Media Tools.
Dolby DP600 Program Optimizer
Dolby’s latest innovation which offers the world’s first intelligent audio analysis and automated loudness normalization engine for many of the most common broadcast media file and audio formats in use today.
Dolby Cat. No. 561 Encoder Module
The first Dolby Digital Plus encoder product designed for integration into third-party audio/video products, offering a seamless way to migrate to Dolby Digital Plus.
DOLBY BOOTH EXCLUSIVES:
Dolby Digital Cinema: the latest in cinema technology, Dolby Digital Cinema delivers the ultimate in reliability and ease of use for cinema playback of motion pictures and alternative content.
Metadata Seminars: Dolby is hosting two daily seminars on metadata at the booth--Metadata Made Simple--to highlight Dolby Digital and Dolby E metadata parameters, and how to correctly and easily author them.
Audio for HD: As Dolby is known for providing the highest quality audio possible, with the advent of the HD world it is imperative to have the audio right. We will be showcasing Dolby Pro Logic II which brings surround sound to HD Radio and Dolby E and Dolby Digital that are helping transition the broadcast industry to HDTV throughout production, distribution and transmission.
Stop by the Dolby booth (SU2923) to see the latest in high quality entertainment!
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Envivio
At NAB2006 in its booth #SL4403, Envivio Inc. will debut the world's first IPTV Triple Play solution featuring MPEG-4 middleware on a Sigma Designs based H.264 consumer set-top box. The Envivio® IPTV Triple Play solution presents an innovative method for service providers to deliver standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) IP video, video on demand (VOD) and middleware with an electronic program guide (EPG) all within a complete MPEG-4 environment. The solution interfaces with any OSS billing and open standards-based VoIP systems and is ideal for offering IPTV Triple Play where bandwidth is limited and operators wish to offer the latest in competitive services to their subscribers.
In the demonstrated solution, SD and HD IP video is encoded by Envivio 4Caster™ B3 and HD3 systems for outstanding video quality at the lowest possible bit rates. Content for VOD services is delivered via the Envivio 4Sight™ streaming server. The Envivio EPG is created using the interactive components defined in MPEG-4. This provides scalability and entirely new features for enhancing the subscriber's experience including PVR, an integrated telephony portal and trick play. IP video content and the EPG are delivered to the consumer set-top box as MPEG-4 streams and managed by the Envivio 4Front™ middleware server. Through its innovative architecture, 4Front is the first middleware to support MPEG-4 Part 11 for the delivery of synchronized applications and messages to enable advanced services such as SMS texting, betting and voting.
Since the solution is based on open standards, operators can select from the complete line of Envivio products or mix and match systems from other open standards-based vendors as they enhance their networks to offer IPTV services. From the Envivio IPTV headend to the set-top box, the complete MPEG-4 Triple Play solution enables service providers to offer enhanced television services and to increase their average revenue per user (ARPU).
Envivio systems will appear in various booths throughout the NAB2006 show floor including Advantech #C8548, AVC Alliance #SL1976, ENENSYS Technologies #SU2250A, Irdeto #SU793 Motorola #SU1752, UDcast in the DVB Booth #C836, and Verizon Business #SL2403.
EVS Broadcast Equipment
EVS Broadcast Equipment will present the latest evolution of its Instant Tapeless Technology at NAB, Booth C 3230.
The booth layout will include five typical broadcast production workflows to demonstrate the flexibility and power of the next generation of the XT series server, together with related software applications and "gateway" solutions. The demos will present how EVS hardware and software combined solutions meet the demands of the most rigorous live-sport, broadcast centre, studio and news production environments. A dedicated area will show the ability of EVS solutions to answer broadcasters' requirements for new media delivery. Each of the distinct digital workflows will demonstrate how EVS production and playout tools are leading the way in high-definition and in the development of totally tapeless environments.
Eyeheight
Eyeheight specialises in broadcast-quality television equipment. All Eyeheight systems are based on a standard modular platform for easy connection to other products in the range and to external automation. Based in Britain, Eyeheight is active in the Americas, Asia, Australasia and Europe through a worldwide network of specialist resellers.
Making its international debut at NAB2006, Eyeheight's keyEyesMDi is a high-quality downstream linear keyer for 1080i and 720p, 625 and 525 operation. keyEyesMDi incorporates all the facilities needed for generating matte overlays, an increasingly essential requirement in modern graphic suites and presentation studios.
keyEyesMDi enables overlays to be located anywhere on the video display, either as a solid image or transparent. Fill and key inputs with adjustable horizontal timing are provided, as well as matte generators, wipe, independent main and preview keyers and EDH reinsertion for the main output.
Key on/off plus six user-definable control sequences are accessible via an integral GPI interface card.
keyEyesMDi is housed in a compact 1U chassis designed for local, remote or automated control. Equipped for easy HD-SDI and SD-SDI connectivity, it incorporates programme and preview outputs.
See Eyeheight at NAB 2006, Booth SU147
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Fast Forward Video
With it's wide range of high-video-quality digital video recorder (DVR) options, Fast Forward is able to offer manysolutions for broadcast and video recording applications.Products Featured in Fast Forward Video Booth C1851
NEW VDR 200 Industrial/Professional Portable DVR
The VDR 200 offers simple operation in broadcast-quality video applications including, but not limited to, video assist, location recording, video analysis, and use in inspection systems and in sports and hazardous environments. In addition to compact size, it features an AC/DC power option, records to a removable 2.5-inch IDE drive, and can serve as a direct replacement for tape-based recording systems.
Omega Deck
FFV‚s flagship high-end digital video recorder for the broadcast industry, the Omega Deck supports many applications including graphics and key fill, spot insertion, and sports/instant replay.
Mini DVR Pro
The ultra-compact Mini DVR Pro fits neatly in the hand and is rugged enough to capture the action, even when worn on body, for the most extreme sports events without giving up broadcast quality.
FieldPro DVR
This rugged, compact portable DVR is equipped with an internal IDE hard drive and 12-VDC external power adapter. It is excellent for video assist or other in-field video recording and playback applications.
Board-Level OEM ProductsBooth SL1391
FilmLight
FilmLight, a leading provider of digital filmmaking technology, announced today that at NAB 2006 it will exhibit the most comprehensive end to end scanning and grading workflows in the industry ranging from 4K to SD.
Technology innovations include the launch of Northlight 2, real-time 4K grading on Baselight Eight and new Truelight
capabilities responding to demands from high end film makers.
For the first time, in Booth SL1391, FilmLight will give demonstrations of the Northlight 2 scanner with speed and architecture advances plus new features including infra-red scanning, support for third party dustbust applications and archive/restoration. With new sensor technology, optics and electronics,
Northlight 2 will provide a 4X increase in scanning speed - faster than two frames/second at 2K and 1 frame/second at 4K.
Also demonstrated will be the shipping version of Baselight v3 that offers video and film clients major speed and productivity increases. Baselight Four and Baselight Eight systems offering real-time 2K and 4K grading will be demonstrated, plus the Baselight Blackboard hardware control surface that has now shipped to over 20 customers worldwide.
FOR-A
FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will introduce its latest HANABI series innovation, the HVS-500HS 1M/E switcher, at NAB2006 (Booth C3210). The HVS-500HS will begin shipping to customers in July.
The HVS-500HS is an economical, compact and self-contained switcher that accepts HD, SD, HDV and DV formats. It comes with 10-bit, 4:2:2 internal processing - and is well suited for applications such as editing, studio production, mobile production, up-link vans, live production, broadcast television and live staging. Competitive HD switchers start at approximately £17,000 but FOR-A’s affordable HVS-500HS comes in at just a fraction of that price.
Front Porch Digital
Front Porch Digital has been described by industry analyst Datamonitor as the global market leader in digital broadcast archive management. With more than 100 customer installations worldwide of DIVArchive, Front Porch has successfully deployed many of the largest, most complex and dynamically scaling broadcast archives in operation today. Front Porch Digital provides total digital archive management and transcoding solutions and is the market leader in delivering unique software, services, and integrated hardware solutions for digital archive management to broadcasters and media companies
worldwide.
Front Porch Digital Products at NAB2006 include:
DIVAnet V2.0
DIVAnet V2.0 allows customers to leverage the core power of DIVArchive toprovide advanced content replication, disaster recovery, and business continuance functionality across multiple facilities. Not only can DIVAnet V2.0 intelligently replicate content between facilities, it also provides a fundamental toolset for advanced content lifecycle control for effective multisite archive management.
DIVArchive 5.10
The focus of continuous investment and innovation, DIVArchive has become the archive management application preferred by the world‚s leading media companies. The latest release, DIVArchive 5.10, continues to deliver powerful functionality to meet the evolving needs of global broadcasters. Key enhancements include broader interoperability with our key partners‚ emerging technologies, enhanced performance for network-based API clients, file system interface refinements, and enhanced error messaging.
DIVAdirector
This distributed, Web-based content management application addresses the most fundamental asset management requirements for global broadcasters. It enables active tracking of all assets in the DIVArchive system, low-bit-rate proxy browse, frame-accurate EDL generation and export, and robust metadata search and management capabilities, among others.
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Gefen
A leader in the high definition digital domain, Gefen delivers advanced technologies with multi-platform extension, switching, distribution and conversion capabilities.
Technical support representatives and executives will be available at the Gefen booth SL541 throughout the show to demo exciting, enabling solutions and answer any questions you may have about product applicability.
DVI and HD SDI Scaling Solutions
Two next generation DVI and HD SDI Scalers supply several key functions that surpass standard converters, in addition to supplying a professional quality DVI to HD SDI or HD SDI to DVI conversion in multiple resolutions up to 1080p. Scaling options are accessible on the full-screen intuitive menu that allows for easy, instantaneous selection and retrieval of preferences to save time, or through the RS-232 connection.
CAT-5 Extender Upgrades
Keeping time with recent innovations in DVI chip technologies, Gefen’s enhanced CAT5 extenders are designed to provide an easy method of moving digital displays, USB keyboard/mouse and in some cases, RS-232 touchscreens and audio components, away from the computer without sacrificing quality.
8x1 DVI Switcher
Gefen ups the amount of HD DVI sources its line of switchers can support with the release of the new 8x1 DVI Switcher. The rack mountable unit supplies eight DVI inputs, one DVI output and eight DVI cables that allow eight separate HD video sources to be viewed on a HD DVI display using just one input.
DVI Audio Extender
Though DVI transmits HD digital video from source to display, Gefen’s new DVI Audio Extender extends both digital and analog audio devices in addition to digital video, providing several options for the user and making this a very useful tool. HD video is supported up to 1920x1200 resolutions as data is sent at an average rate of 12.8 Mbps.
1:3 Component Distribution Amplifier
This new solutions splits one component source signal and distributes it to three displays at the same time while retaining high quality imagery on all three displays. Ideal for distributing video throughout the environment without requiring multiple sources.
DVI/Component to HDMI Converters
Two new converters are able to connect DVI sources plus digital audio devices to HDMI displays and connect component sources plus analog audio devices to HDMI displays allowing for unbeatable system integration possibilities.
GlobeCast
At NAB 2006, leading content management and delivery company GlobeCast will demo the next generation of its WING content management solutions, a suite of IP-based services and applications for broadcast, enterprise and digital retail signage. The multi-product WING showcase will feature WING Content Exchange for content contribution and exchange; WING Store & Broadcast for tapeless playout and channel management; and, WING Captive Audience, the newest WING offering for the delivery of retail advertising and digital display, being debuted at NAB 2006.
The WING Showcase will be on display at GlobeCast Booth C1530
GlobeCast WING is network agnostic, user-friendly and is based on in-house developed applications built with OEM (original equipment manufacturer) components and Plug and-Play technology for easy integration into any existing broadcast architecture. WING servers based at GlobeCast POPs in Paris, London, Miami, Los Angeles and Singapore provide a global ring, facilitating easy access into the WING platform from wireless or dedicated networks. From these access points, WING does the rest by ingesting, storing and delivering content to any network around the globe for truly flexible content management.
Grand Vitesse Systems
GVS, booth SL620, will be showcasing the GVS9000 at NAB 2006.
With the ability to simultaneously write, edit, and share 16 uncompressed SD or HD data with fiber for SAN or gigabit over NAS networks in a live environment the GVS9000 4NXU will revolutionize the live/broadcast/entertainment/feature film production workflow.
With GVS 9000 4NXU you can capture and edit uncompressed data in real time and then view the HD uncompressed content as it is getting recorded to the hard drive. During the recording process, the data can also be edited, or additional storage added without any interruptions. The quality of the end result is not sacrificed either. The resolution of the recorded material is much better and crisper at 1080i/p 4:4:4 HD-SDI or Analog. And the data is QuickTime native, so there is no need for conversion.
The 4NXU’s rugged, rack-mounted casing allows for ease of transport and mobility without damage. All of the 4NXU VTRs operate independently, offering redundancy without affecting the original data; making it the ideal unit for working storage, transport and archival.
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Hamlet
The Flexiscope from test and measurement specialist Hamlet was an award-winning hit of NAB and IBC2005. At NAB2006, Booth C9319, the true potential of this uniquely powerful, high-precision digital platform will be underlined with the addition of an even more convenient variant, the Flexiscope Micro. Hamlet will also use NAB to unveil a powerful software-only implementation of its precision test and measurement, and to introduce a new range of audio measurement and monitoring units, capable of handling anything from analogue audio all the way up to embedded multi-channel Dolby-E.
The new Flexiscope family now consists of two portable base units: the standard Flexiscope and the Micro. They are based on a bespoke host processor developed by Hamlet with plug-in application modules, all of which may be controlled over IP. The modules are common to both base units and are readily interchangeable in the field. Modules currently cover all HD, SD and composite formats, with embedded AES/EBU audio and external reference alsosupported.
Harmonic Inc
At NAB 2006, Booth SU1383 video headend specialist Harmonic will continue to demonstrate its range of products and solutions to enable multi-service solutions, where video is simultaneously delivered to multiple devices, including the TV, PC and mobile phones. The company's multi-codec and multi-channel encoders provide superior picture-quality at each supported resolution while maximizing compression efficiencies to deliver more content within a customer's available bandwidth. Harmonic will be showcasing industry leading products for mobile, HD and IPTV as well as supporting cable, satellite and broadcast operators with innovations in statistical multiplexing, VoD and service provisioning solutions.
Harris Corporation
Harris Corporation will showcase products and solutions for the emerging Mobile TV market at NAB2006 Booths to Highlight Total Content Delivery Solutions.
Broadcast Communications Division's products and systems for the emerging mobile TV market will be on display at NAB2006. Recent launch announcements from two mobile TV networks have signaled the dawn of true, live broadcast television delivery to handheld devices in the United States. Harris' participation in early stage trials across Europe and Australia, well- documented in 2005, has positioned the company as a leading transmission vendor for mobile TV requirements. The company's mobile TV transmission solutions have been used to develop and prove the effectiveness of the DVB-H, FLO(TM) and T-DMB standards for mobile broadcast television. At NAB2006, Harris will highlight its total content delivery solutions for mobile TV that expand far beyond transmission to include infrastructure, broadband software and distribution equipment.
Harris Corporation have further announced it will debut the DL-860 high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) serial digital legalizer in Harris booth #SU2929 at the convention . The DL-860 serial digital legalizer is a powerful new tool that eliminates the guesswork of legalizing HD and SD signals. Broadcast and production professionals use video legalizers to conform the incoming video signal to industry-defined "legal" limited ranges. This is particularly important when converting video between formats (such as HD and SD) that have differently defined "color spaces," and when applying signal processing to modify the video, which could push it beyond "legal" limits.
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Iconix Video
Iconix Video Inc., a leading developer of advanced high-definition remote head camera systems, today announced the production release of its HD-RH1 Remote Camera System at this year’s NAB 2006. With a remote head that weighs only 2.5 ounces and a total system weight of less than 4 pounds, the HD-RH1 is the first true High Definition (HD) POV (Point-of-View) 3-CCD camera system to be commercially available as a standard product for broadcast and other HD based acquisition venues.“The HD-RH1 is a no compromise HD POV remote camera system, specifically targeted at broadcast television and digital cinema applications that place a high premium on size, weight, performance, versatility and affordability,” notes Dan McGuire, CEO of Iconix Video. “The HD-RH1 augments and enhances the HD acquisition capabilities of both broadcasters and cinematographers, empowering them to devise new shooting techniques that would either be too difficult to setup and shoot or too costly to configure.”
The Iconix HD-RH1 incorporates an expansive array of features found only on top-of-the-line HD ENG and EFP camera systems while utilizing an innovative signal processing architecture. This POV camera system, which includes a very robust separate camera head and processing controller unit, is the smallest high performance HD camera in the industry. Unique from most digital cameras whose imager runs at the same rate as the output signal, the HD-RH1 3-CCD prism leverages an asynchronous signal processing architecture which runs the CCD imagers at a completely different clock rate from the output signal, allowing for cooler-running CCDs and more efficient processing. The system can capture and output video in all HD resolutions, including 720p, 1080i and 1080p while supporting frame rates of 24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 frames-per-second (fps). “No other camera this size is capable of acquiring HD imagery at full frame rates,” adds Wayne Upton, founder and CTO of Iconix Video. “Nor one retailing for $16,000 that can output in every HDTV format.”
The camera controller provides the signal I/O and control for the head, and houses the transcoding electronics which enable the unit to capture and provide real-time switching capability between every SMPTE and ATSC standard HDTV format (resolution, frame-rate), and even NTSC and PAL. Retractable push knobs on the front panel allow for gain, color, black and white balance adjustments, as well as having three user assignable presets. Lens and iris control are also available via remote control, and the front panel can be controlled by menu along with programmable gamma functions and electronic shutter enhancements.
“The HD-RH1, with its combination of size, versatility and price-performance ratio, will help to change the market paradigm for HD acquisition, enabling applications in broadcast news, sports and cinematography that were never before possible,” concludes Upton. “Because of its ability to capture HD quality images in such a compact package, significant interest has also been shown by the military, homeland security, industrial monitoring, space exploration and medical imaging markets.”
The Iconix Video HD-RH1 Remote POV Camera System can be seen at NAB Booth SU1650. iQstor Networks, Inc., a leading developer of intelligent and integrated Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions, announced that they will showcase their new iQ2880 4Gb Fibre Channel (FC) storage system at NAB 2006 in Las Vegas, NV, booth SL1832.
iQstor
The new iQ2880 4Gb FC storage system from iQstor targets rich media applications like HD digital post production, non-linear editing, VOD, content creation, digital intermediate and IPTV that require sustained throughput performance, scalable capacity and broadcast level reliability.
"We’ve designed the iQ2880 to address the evolving high resolution content creation and post production workflows requiring a storage system that can sustain throughputs for real-time HD network collaboration and 2K / 4K digital intermediate applications, while having the capability to scale capacity as the need arises," said Jason Lo, president and CEO of iQstor Networks. "iQ2880’s 4Gb FC to FC connectivity offers very fast throughput at up to 1600MB/s per array and the system can scale to 120TB – more than enough storage for most online projects. The iQ2880 can be populated with FC and/or SATA disk drives to optimize performance or capacity and its embedded storage management software guarantees ease-of -use and management."The iQ2880 was developed to ensure investment protection, being able to utilize both FC and SATA disk technologies and scaling capacity as needed. Ideally suited for tiered-storage environments where cost is a factor, iQ2880’s capacity can be scaled through connectivity with the J2880 SBOD disk enclosure, creating a system with high performance FC drives for primary storage and low cost SATA drives for secondary storage.
The iQ2880 addresses other key concerns facing the video industry that focus on interoperability, reliability and ease-of-use. Its open system architecture let’s users connect their favorite servers with little or no ramp up time. Reliability is assured with iQ2880’s dual redundant RAID controllers and the integrated software affords not only ease-of-use, but offer built-in data services like virtualization, snapshot, mirroring, remote replication and policy-based storage provisioning.
"The iQ2880 delivers on our promise of providing a robust and cost-effective platform with the latest in storage technology at an exceptional value," concluded Lo. "Our iQ2880 offers unsurpassed availability, reliability, manageability, data integrity and enterprise-level functionality that is becoming a standard requirement for a wide range of rich media based businesses and mission critical environments today."
Junger Audio
Junger Audio will officially introduce its Level Magic family of products to the US market at NAB 2006.
Level Magic utilizes a sophisticated adaptive level control algorithm to equalize audio levels from any source at any time. The range, to be demonstrated on Booth N3200, incorporates automated gain control, plus transient processing, plus peak limiting for continuous unattended control of any program material.
Sure to cause quite a stir is Level Magic Surround - the newest member of the Level Magic family. Level Magic Surround is designed to support 8-channel audio processing including the most important surround sound schemes for television broadcasting.
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Linear Acoustic
Highlight of the Linear Acoustic exhibit at the NAB 2006 Convention, will be a new range of TV audio processors bearing the AEROMAX™ and MetaMAX™ brands.
Derived from the existing, and highly successful,OCTiMAX® 5.1 Audio Processor and StreamStacker™ Multichannel Audio Distribution System, the new products currently comprise:
AEROMAX-TV™ Digital Television Audio Processor, a dynamics unit for two-channel main plus SAP audio with front-panel display and controls plus Ethernet remote control. The four-channel unit can be configured as 2+2 or 2+1+1 (stereo plus two mono channels). CrowdControl™ Dialog Protection Processing is provided for the main program audio.
MetaMAX™ Model 5151 DTV Audio Bitstream Processor, which enables audio to be transmitted the way producers intended while protecting consumers from loud commercials and programs. Located at the point of transmission, MetaMAX™ is a 5.1-channel DTV audio processor that operates completely in the compressed domain, and protects dynamic range while controlling loudness.Also to be seen:
• StreamStacker™ Multichannel Audio Distribution System, which comprises the Model LA-5421 Audio Bitstream Multiplexer and Model LA-5124 De-Multiplexer/AC-3 Splicer.
• AEROMAX-HDFM™ Multichannel Radio Processor, which offers programmable processing for a station’s main FM and HD/Digital Radio signal paths, in addition to multiband processing for up to two supplementary audio channels.
• UpMAX™ 2251 5.1 Channel Surround-Field Synthesizer, which produces a fully mono- and stereo-compatible, 5.1-channel output from a conventional left/right stereo signal input, plus control of center width and surround depth.
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Marquis Broadcast
Marquis Broadcast, specialist in broadcast workflow operations and software solutions, recently announced a
major leap towards true end-to-end interoperability of broadcast workflow systems, enhancing its Medway media exchange solution by adding support for the KONAN DigitalArc series of componentized media asset management (MAM) solutions from KONAN Digital.KONAN Digital, a leading MAM provider to the broadcast, corporate enterprise and content creation markets, and Marquis Broadcast will showcase the benefits of this new functionality in live demonstrations at NAB 2006 (April
22-26, 2006 in Las Vegas), at the Konan Digital booth SL1835.Marquis and KONAN have successfully integrated and tested these new capabilities in several multi-vendor broadcast and production environments, using Medway to seamlessly transfer media files between the DigitalArc MAM
solutions and other manufacturers’ broadcasting systems. The tests were conducted using a range of files formats and protocol standards, including MXF, AAF and OMF, as well as Konan Digital EDLs.
Media 100
Media 100, a leading provider of advanced editing systems for the corporate, broadcast, post-production, and multi media industries, will demonstrate new versions of their nonlinear editing solutions at NAB 2006. The latest versions of Media 100 HD and Media 100 sw will be demonstrated at booth SL2596.
Media 100’s HD and SD nonlinear editingsolutions make it easy to work in the hybrid environment of mixed formats and codecs. Featuring the most intuitive and easy-to-learn professional NLE interface, Media 100 HD is a powerful nonlinear HD and SD editing solution. Media 100 HD lets users increase their speed and expand their future business to HD.
With the easy-to-use traditional Media 100 interface, this NLE makes it easyto work in the hybrid environment of mixed formats and codecs. A full development roadmap with important announcements will be released at NAB 2006. New hardware and improved integration with the Boris FX plug-ins will be featured.
Miranda Technologies
Miranda Technologies Inc. have announced multiple new HD monitoring capabilities for the Kaleido-Alto-HD and Kaleido-K2 multi-image display processors, as well as the launch of a new Densité Series HD-SDI signal measurement probe. All these new developments will be on display at NAB2006 booth SU1341.
For effective operations in master control environments, the Kaleido-Alto-HD multi-image display processor now offers advanced video and audio probing, including signal black, freeze and luminance too high, audio presence, overload, mono, and out-of-phase alarms. These alarms can be reported on-screen, or via SNMP to other monitoring devices such as Miranda's iControl for logging and strategic monitoring views. The Kaleido-Alto-HD is an affordable, high-quality, 10-input multi-image display processor with auto-sensing HD-SDI/SDI/analog video inputs.
MSA Focus
MSA Focus is to reveal the broadcast industry’s next-generation automated broadcast management system to USA audiences at NAB2006. The new suite, ForeTV, is to migrate MSA Focus flagship solutions onto an industry-standard Visual Studio.NET platform and be the first such product to reach the market. The company will also announce beta-tests and applications including commercial broadcasts and IPTV.
MSA Focus is to detail its aggressive launch roadmap, including availability at IBC2006, an anticipated full year before its competitors. The revolutionary new product will include enhanced workflow functionality for sales, scheduling and digital asset management of all content from adverts and programmes through to promotions, secondary events and interactive elements.
ForeTV’s new operating platform improves accessibility to and interoperability with more databases and offers an intuitive, Windows-based look and feel. In addition to desktop-embedded passwords, resizable windows, the ability to open multiple screens simultaneously with standard Windows commands and offers customisable dictionaries for multiple language support. Further, ForeTV’s improved ease of use reduces training and support costs.
MSA Focus is exhibiting on stand SU5014.
MTI FILM
MTI Film will unveil the newly developed 2K version of its successful CONTROL DAILIES system at the 2006 NAB Show. For its award winning CORRECT DRSTM, the worlds leading image restoration software, MTI will debut its latest release, Version 5.0, which features new tools as well as many enhancements to the current toolset.
CONTROL DAILIES 2K provides for generation and resizing of DPX 2K files to HD and SD and will feature CONTROL COLOR, a fully integrated primary color corrector with built-in Still Store co-developed with Silicon Color, creators of Final Touch. "We believe we have conceived the perfect workflow for DI dailies", says MTI CEO Larry Chernoff, "and based upon conversations we’ve had in the film community, there seems to be wide agreement."
Whether working from film, 2K DPX files, or digitally acquired media CONTROL DAILIES is an image and audio control environment that accelerates the delivery of motion picture dailies, facilitating faster than real-time image transfer and audio ingest, complete metadata collection, post synchronization in SD and HD resolutions, and output to various deliverables.
CORRECT DRSTM V.5, (Digital Restoration System) offers users new tools as well as many upgrades to the current toolset. Version 5 promises to satisfy customer demand for diverse and powerful tools that elevate the art of film and video restoration to yet another level
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NAB with Sundance Digital
The NAB-HD station will return to this year's show, bigger and better than before! Building on the success of its NAB 2005 debut, the project, in Booth SU1425, will deliver signals to HD displays around the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), make HD and SD transmission available via the building's cable system, and reach more than 75,000 hotel rooms with a SD feed. Sundance Digital's powerful, multi channel Titan automation will mark its second year at the heart of NAB-HD, managing the schedule of on-air broadcasts as well as controlling the video server and master control room devices.
Sundance Digital will supply a 6-channel Titan automation solution, as well as the manpower to commission the system during set-up. The Texas provider of broadcast automation systems will also make support staff available during the event for assistance as needed. Titan - a highly-scalable, state-of-the-art automation solution designed to control up to hundreds of channels in a single facility or remotely manage playlists at multiple remote locations -will drive an Omneon video server. The Sundance Digital configuration will also include Intelli-Sat Schedule & Recording Manager and Sundance Archive Manager interfaced to Masstech's MassStore to maximize storage.
ND SatCom
ND SatCom, a leading global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast and defence communication network solutions, will introduce its new broadcast workflow automation system smartSNG at the NAB trade show i booth no. C6544.
ND SatCom’s smartSNG is the first integrated Satellite News Gathering workflow solution in the broadcast industry. smartSNG is a distributed client-server system that enables news room editors at central, mobile or remote contribution sites to book, schedule and control all resources and equipment required for a news production. ND SatCom’s new solution targets broadcasters and media companies as well as SNG coach builders serving the broadcast community.
The smartSNG system fully automates the SNG vehicle and enables operation by a single non-technical person. Providing complete and easy workflow integration, the system eliminates the traditional booking and tape handling process empowering journalists to save time and to focus on their jobs. In brief, smartSNG streamlines workflow management and turns SNG vehicles into mobile offices with always-on, broadband communications capabilities.
Users already operating the resource planning system, ScheduALL, are presented with an integrated extension for the management of DVB uplinks. In the same way, broadcasters who had so-far considered the management of their uplinks only can now extend this capability with a widely-recognized resource planning tool.
Dr Gerhard Bommas, CTO of ND SatCom, comments: ”The development of smartSNG is based on a unique technology partnership between ND SatCom and ScheduALL. This team combines the strengths of its member companies both in the satellite and in the workflow integration worlds. ScheduALL’s workflow integration and booking automation and ND SatCom’s SNG automation and communications solution package create innovative time and cost saving benefits for broadcasters.”
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Omneon
New Omneon Spectrum MediaDirector 4202
Extending its leadership in providing media server technology that supports a wide range of file-based workflows, Omneon will introduce at NAB2006 a new
MediaDirector component -- within its flagship Spectrum line -- that doublesthe overall system bandwidth to support both higher channel counts and higher IP throughput on a single system. The new MediaDirector 4202 incorporates the latest advanced IT-based components including multiple IEEE 1394b (800 Mbps) busses for more real-time data throughput, six Fibre Channel connectors for additional Fibre Channel storage bandwidth, and two additional Gigabit Ethernet ports. With these expanded standard interfaces, the Omneon Spectrum is now an even more powerful solution for broadcasters who need a system capable of supporting a higher number of HD channels as
well as providing enough IP bandwidth to support extensive collaborative browsing or editing environments.
As a key component of the Omneon Spectrum media server system, the MediaDirector 4202 further extends Omneon's concept of Smart Scalability, which provides the industry's most scalable, flexible architecture to allow broadcasters to expand the channels, capacity, and network bandwidth of
their media server system in small, manageable increments. The MediaDirector 4202 will support all of the company's current storage and media interface components, allowing systems to be configured precisely to match customer
requirements for media type(s) and storage capacity.
Additional HD Format Support
At NAB2006 Omneon will again extend its multiformat HD capabilities by adding support for Avid's DNxHD format. With this system upgrade, any Omneon Spectrum system will be able to record and play back DNxHD files using Avid's DNxchange codec device. Recorded DNxHD clips are immediately available for editing by Avid editing systems, and finished clips exported to the Spectrum server can be immediately played out. The addition of DNxHD support to the range of HD formats supported by Omneon follows the recent announcement of the Spectrum systems' ability to ingest and play back HDV material. Support for HDV enables users to ingest HDV material into a Spectrum server from Apple Final Cut Pro and play back HDV material stored in the system directly to air. For playback, the HDV content is automatically scaled to a full 1920-line HD signal. This approach allows both native HD material and HDV material to be mixed on a single timeline for back-to-back playout.
Omneon ProBrowse System
Extending the utility and functionality of the Omneon Spectrum media server system, Omneon will also show at NAB2006 its new system for creating and viewing low resolution versions (proxies) of full-resolution material contained within an Omneon Spectrum system. The new Omneon ProBrowse System monitors content directories within a Spectrum server and automatically generates low resolution versions of all material, including any new material being ingested or copied into the Omneon Spectrum system via FTP. The proxies are then immediately available for viewing on any networked PC using an MPEG 1-based viewer such as Windows Media Player or QuickTime Player. The proxy files created by the Omneon ProBrowse System are also immediately available to any broadcast application such as automation systems, newsroom systems, and content management systems.
Furthermore, Omneon Video Networks will showcase its new ClipTool Pro application, which enables users of the Omneon Spectrum media server to monitor and control playout and record functionality via an easy-to use graphical user interface. Part of Omneon's MediaTools suite, the ClipTool Pro application provides simple, cost effective control for ingest, quality assurance, and playout operations.
Omnibus Systems
OmniBus Systems' Revolutionary iTX Software-Based Production/Transmission Solution is to Debut at NAB2006
A revolutionary approach to software-based
transmission and production using standard IT hardware and Windows Mediatechnology will be launched by OmniBus Systems at this year's NAB exhibition. The product of 15 years of innovation in high-end automation, the new OmniBus iTX intelligent transmission software replicates all functions of master control to a very high level of sophistication, allowing small and mid-sized broadcasters to make a measured migration from the traditional hardware-based world toward a next-generation, software-based transmission facility.
The iTX system software fulfills a variety of roles: video server, master control, graphics, and logo inserter with functionality including automation, ingest, editing, and basic content management. This format-independent and bit rate-agnostic solution can mix DV, MPEG1 through MPEG4, AVI, and WMV formats freely and will scale incoming media of any resolution to the appropriate output format, enabling SD and HD content to be mixed on the same playlist. Files can be ingested from tape or line using a real-time encode into a Windows Media file, or delivered to the server as a new file. Content also may be sourced directly from an existing broadcast server or from any industry-standard editor. iTX playout is based on OmniBus' latest state-of-the-art automation system, which features a flexible and intuitive drag-and-drop interface that allows operators to monitor and control multiple channels and schedules on-screen simultaneously. Captions, logos, vision effects, and even audio effects are built into the interface, and a preview function allows the user to validate complete sequences before they air.
iTX technology is compatible with existing automation systems, so broadcasters can use it to run a conventional broadcast chain or a new-generation iTX transmission chain. Available with PCs optimized with the latest AMD chipsets, as well as modifications that maximize bandwidth use and real-time video processing, iTX serves as an unusually easy-to-maintain and cost-effective playout solution for moderately sized transmission facilities, emerging transmission markets, disaster recovery systems, or companies launching IPTV services.
Optibase
At NAB, MPEG encoding pioneer Optibase will demonstrate technology innovations that will drive industry-leading High Definition technology to new levels of picture quality and more affordable solutions for IPTV Operators looking to add High-def channels to their portfolio.
The Company's new MPEG-4 AVC H.264 module is designed to enable live encoding of TV signals into MPEG-4 AVC HD resolution. With the introduction of the new module, Optibase's existing IPTV customers will be able to benefit from a cost effective solution that requires no infrastructure upgrade as the seamless integration mechanism enables easy blade switching from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4.Optibase expects to ship this product in Q3 of 2006.
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PESA
New PESA Products at NAB2006
Cheetah 1024XR
In the large router market PESA has been the dominant provider, and now with the introduction of the first 1024x1024 system in two equipment racks, the company is establishing a new benchmark. Before the release of the Cheetah 1024XR system, multiple frames were required, and they utilized external DAs with a plethora of coax cable, power supplies, and rack space. The two-rack system is achieved by adding an on-board distribution circuit into each 1024x512 frame. Each 41-RU frame allows for low power consumption, N+1 power, and dual internal control.
Cheetah 512XR in 27 RU
PESA has extended its successful line of Cheetah routing switchers to include the new Cheetah 512XR, which can be configured to 512x512, non-expandable 1024x128, or 512x256 with fully redundant crosspoints in just 27 RU -- a very compact frame for a large-scale router.
Also available will be the new Cheetah CWDM fiber card, which supports up to 16 channels of HD-SDI over a single fiber cable. Supported signals include HD, SDI, and ASI, as well as other digital signals between 3 Mb/s and 1.5 Gb/s. These fiber option cards allow significant cost savings when fiber-only solutions are needed.
New 2048x2048 Audio Router in 36 RU
Also new for NAB2006, is PESA's new Cheetah audio router. The Cheetah audio router combines high performance with superb flexibility. Starting with a base unit of 64x64 in 1 RU or 128x128 in 2 RU and expandable to 2048x2048 in 36 RU, the Cheetah audio router offers a small form factor and a distributed architecture that is fully compatible with Dolby-E, while supporting both synchronous and asynchronous signals and sample rates up to 96 kHz.
Pharos
British company Pharos Communications, a developer of software architecture for broadcast process management, will introduce five new systems to the US market at this year’s NAB exhibition.
The new items are the Mediator Enterprise media asset manager system; the Exception alarm monitoring system; the Reflection browse system; the Transcoder file converter; and the Rewrapper MPEG2 processor.
Mediator Enterprise has been developed from the Mediator media management system and integrates media asset management, browsing and workflow control. It can perform automated ingest and transfer, automated transcoding and low-resolution previewing under Web browser control.
The Exception alarm monitoring system is designed for use in television production studios, MCR environments, post production facilities or playout centres. It provides flexible notification of alarm monitoring signals from third party equipment.
Reflection is an MPEG4-based browse system which is claimed to have a wide range of applications in programme production, scheduling, compliance and transmission. Designed to operate in tandem with a video server, it creates MPEG4 copies of all stored clips and any new incoming video files.
The Pharos Transcoder is claimed to enable video files to be converted quickly and easily between a wide range of file formats. Applications include down-converting broadcast –quality content for Internet-based distribution, up converting Internet-delivered ENG feeds, and a wide variety of file-format interchange tasks in programme production, post-production and playout.
Rewrapper is said to enable MPEG2 metadata to be matched precisely between different video servers. It is claimed to be ideal wherever a mixed family of video servers is in use, such as a television post-production house or
broadcast playout centre, or where full MPEG2 file interchange is required between servers and edit stations or graphic suites.
The Pixel Farm
The Pixel Farm is using this year's NAB to launch version 2.0 of its image clean up and preparation application, PFClean. Since its launch at the end of last year, this product has been gaining popularity and PFClean is already becoming the tool of choice for DI and film restoration facilities.
PFClean is proving to be a significant time saver when it comes to dust busting and rig / wire removal with its ability to automatically pre process and clean up images of any resolution. And its extensive paint, grain and effects toolset. Added to this, is support for all major platforms, a truly scalable architecture and an economic price point.
NAB will also see the first public showing of PFTrack 3.5. Already way ahead of its competition in terms functionality, number of tools and price, PFT3.5 adds even more firsts to its already groundbreaking tracking application. The brand new solver allows shots to be broken down into different motion types and solved in a single pass.
The Pixel Farm will be on stand SL3764 so come along and see all this - as well as the new PFTee
Pixel Power
Pixel Power, Booth SU4359, are announcing their NEW Clarity3000 single channel HD/SD switchable character generator. The Clarity3000 graphics platform, housed in a compact 3RU chassis, offers rich HD functionality including real-time 3D animation, video/audio clip player and dual input 2D DVE squeezeback capbability. The preview and main outputs can be switched together between standard and high definition in all the established formats.
Also new at NAB is the video and audio clip player option for the Clarity5000 dual channel HD/SD switchable character generator. Supporting up to 2 streams of uncompressed HD video and key the video clips can be used as full frame backgrounds or passed through the internal 2D DVE channels and composited with other graphic elements. Up to 576Gb of storage can be fitted internally (for compressed HD video). External storage can be used to deliver uncompressed streams or expand the capacity.
Pixel Power is also offering significant enhancements to its range of newsroom workflow solutions. The Pixel Power Control Centre Version 4.0 offers enhanced performance and capabilities for graphics automation in MOS compliant or iNews ControlAir newsrooms. The new rundown manager ActiveX control supports multiple operator station playback of graphics from a MOS
rundown.
Pro-Bel
Pro-Bel, the premier manufacturer and supplier of automation, master control, routing switchers, modular infrastructure and workflow technologies, will provide many customers with the first real opportunity to discover how Pro-Bel’s new Vistek product line can help them with their business following the acquisition last year.
NEW FOR NAB 2006:
VALID8 – This is the brand new HD, 8-channel audio version of Vistek’s highly regarded VALID (Video and Audio Line-up and Identification) system. VALID8 allows audio/video sync problems – a major issue in the modernbroadcasting environment – to be quickly and accurately diagnosed and
subsequently rectified. VALID8 works with any HD or SD standard and produces a virtually indestructible signal – it can be compressed, recorded, replayed and even standards converted with the VALID8 signal then measured for video/audio delay.
CIFER – NAB 2006 sees the full show debut of CIFER from the Vistek range, a joint development with Digital Vision. Utilizing a combined 60 man-year’s of expertise, the two companies have developed the ultimate standards
converter: it can convert between all the primary HD standards (regardless of frequency), any SD standard and from SD to HD or vice versa with practically no loss of picture quality.
MASTERPIECE – Masterpiece, the company’s next generation master control switcher, benefits from a range of new features at this year’s event. As well as the addition of an HD DVE there is also now the option to install Dolby E decoders and logo storage. Masterpiece also now benefits from four keyers has the ability to handle audio mixing.
MORPHEUS – Pro-Bel will be demonstrating the latest addition to its highly successful next generation automation and media management technology – a media browse facility. This provides effortless access to media across a facility or facilities.
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Quantel
Quantel will arrive at NAB 2006 on a commercial and technological high – with a great range of products that is enjoying wide commercial success across many applications. The range now spans the DI, Color Correction, Post, Graphics and Broadcast businesses. Many major new developments are also on show for the first time at NAB.
DI
Pablo, Quantel’s next generation color correction that was previewed in late 2005 makes its full debut at NAB in a dedicated viewing theatre within the Quantel booth. Featuring genuine realtime 4K operation and Quantel’s revolutionary new TimeMagic™ technology, Pablo brings together the best of hardware and software-based color correction technologies in a single system. As a result, Pablo has already achieved outstanding success in the market; it is a must-see at the show for anyone involved in color correction. Also on show in the DI area is the new all-powerful iQ4, which brings realtime 4K to the mainstream DI process.
New at NAB is TimeMagic™ technology for the eQ multi-resolution editing/ gra