In bright sunshine, this year's HD Forum took place in Studio 3 at Plazamedia in Ismaning. The nearly 150 workshop participants discussed the current state of the introduction of high-definition television in the German market.
The 2006 Football World Cup casts its shadow as far as NAB 2005: In an expert discussion at T-Systems, experts reported on the use of HD at this and other major sporting events and the HDTV programming available in the USA
Sony Professional is doing good business and wants to generate half its sales with HD this year. In the USA, even universities and churches are now switching to HDTV
According to the company, Plazamedia is providing Germany's first virtual HD studio. Production companies, TV broadcasters, agencies and industry can work with it immediately to create sports and political formats, documentaries or knowledge magazines, for example.
Under the motto “Sharp Pictures, Sharp Prices,” Plazamedia is offering numerous HDTV production services at unusually favorable conditions from March 15 to April 15.
In version 6, Kaydara's Motionbuilder character animation solution offers, among other things, a simplified user interface that includes a user-customizable toolbar as well as a new screen layout that gives the 3D Viewer more space.
With the FireStore DR-DV5000, Focus Enhancements presents what the manufacturer says is the first portable DV disk-recording solution with a removable disk drive.
The new generation of professional camcorders will record on SD memory cards - with the strategic realignment, Panasonic is positioning itself against competitor Sony’s optical-disc concept.
Hollywood DV-Bridge is the name of the new external converter box from FAST-Dazzle for transferring analogue and digital video material between PC and video camera. The market launch is planned for February 2001. Price: DM 899.