CineMon 2 – now a Videorecorder and Audiomixer
CineMon 2 adds video recording, audio mixing and dual-input monitoring. Our Mac review explores image quality, timecode and capture limitations.
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Finally, EIZO does OLED: CG3200X
EIZO finally gives ColorEdge an OLED panel, with 1,000 cd/m² maximum luminance and unusually transparent control over ABL behaviour.
Asus ProArt 16 USV: A Laptop-Sized Production Monitor
The ASUS ProArt PA16USV LED-Monitor, a 15.6-inch 4K HDR portable display that incorporates a 12G-SDI marks a significant pivot for ASUS into hardware that explicitly targets on-set workflows and DIT (digital imaging technician) monitoring tasks rather than solely desktop creative use. But is it any good?
The Right Colours Without a Computer
SpyderPro exports a 33-point correction LUT, but you want one compact converter to apply it between SDI gear and an HDMI display.
ProArt goes 12G-SDI portable
12G-SDI on a 15.6-inch 4K portable panel, plus calibration reports, presets, and a box that turns into a hood. Enjoy the set life
Atomos buys Flanders Scientific
Flanders Scientific changes hands, and reference monitoring just got closer to set life and investor math.
LUTs, Tags, or ICC: Getting Colours Right in Resolve on a Mac
For years, proper monitoring in DaVinci Resolve meant a Blackmagic I/O box and a calibrated display. On recent Macs, Resolve has become more predictable without dedicated hardware, but that does not make calibration optional. Here is where the situation has improved, where it still falls apart, and why Rec.709 scene remains the least bad common denominator.
Nobe OmniScope gets Live Pack for on-set and live monitoring
Time in Pixels has released Live Pack for Nobe OmniScope Pro, adding SDI output, Livegrade integration, multi-input monitoring, recording, snapshots, focus peaking and loudness metering for on-set and live work.
BlendShape Monitor puts Maya rigs under a heat lamp
A new Maya plugin visualises blendshape influence in real time, targeting riggers dealing with dense and poorly documented rigs.
Color Monitoring for Cheapskates?Part 1
Colour Monitoring is cheap, easy, and fast. As usual, you can pick two of those adjectives — and in this series, we are going for cheap and will make it easy for you!
Hardware for CineMon (et. al.)
After looking at the software side of CineMon, it's time to take a look at the hardware - whats good and what's not?
RTW Presents the Loudness Family
RTW reports that its SurroundControl, SurroundMonitor and DigitalMonitor product lines now ship as standard with integrated loudness display in accordance with ITU Recommendation BS.1771.
M-Audio expands Studiophile CX range with CX8 and CX5
M-Audio adds CX8 and CX5 studio monitors with a wide listening area and controls for different monitoring environments.
NAB 2008: DVS Software Duo Optimizes DVS-SAN Management
The DVS-SAN management tool and Spycer provide visibility into the performance and content of the central storage system.
Blackmagic Design: HDLink Pro Now Available
The standalone converter solution enables SDI video to be displayed on any DVI-D-based LCD computer monitor.
Mitsubishi Introduces 56-Inch 4K Display
Mitsubishi Electric’s 56P-QF60LCU public display provides a native 3,840 x 2,160 resolution and more than eight million pixels on one screen.
Software Calculates Time of Death of Hard Drives
Under the name "HDD Life Pro", Zonelink has launched monitoring software that continuously monitors the serviceability of hard drives. The program informs the user when the time of total failure has come for a hard disk, so that they can still back up their data in time.
MCI Builds SWR’s First HD Studio
MCI is planning and building an HD compact studio in Baden-Baden for SWR magazine production.
NDR Orders Two Quantel eQ Editing Suites
MCI will build two HD-SDI editing suites for NDR in Hamburg around Quantel eQ systems.
Harris Launches Multiformat On-Screen Monitor Videotek VTM-2000
Tool enables monitoring of SD-SDI and analogue composite signals
IBC: Omnibus Expands iTX Platform
Functions of a video server, master control and editing system / New plug-ins
IBC: Miranda Announces Kaleido-X
Multi-image display with built-in router / Available from October
NAB: DVD authoring for HD with Sonic
Sonic Scenarist 4 supports authoring projects for Blu-ray and HD-DVD productions
NAB: Snell & Wilcox Shows Monitoring, Conversion and HD Upconversion
Products Quasar, Hyperion and Helios - three solutions for specific broadcasting tasks - are the focus
SHM Broadcast Expands Product Portfolio
SHM Broadcast now also distributes products from Pixelmetrix and Masstech.
Alcatraz Adds Remote Video Surveillance
Alcatraz Remote Access software added status checks, control, live monitoring and media transfer to the security system.
Tektronix Combines Video and Audio Monitoring
The Tektronix WVR600 rasterizer monitored analogue and digital SD video plus audio in a one-rack-unit design with four-view FlexVu output.