Product News
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Marian Sandberg
PROJECTION/VIDEO
V1-HD-2K High Definition Video Server
Doremi Labs
V1-HD-2K features dual-link HD-SDI and synchronized two channel playback for 3D, video plus key, and super-widescreen applications. It records and plays SD and HD-SDI video and features high quality JPEG2000 video compression. The included hot-swap drive provides up to six hours of storage. The unit can function as a Sony 9-pin device via its RS-422 port.
www.doremilabs.com
Coolux
Pandoras Box Version 4.0
Version 4.0 of Pandoras Box includes new software features and three new hardware configurations: Media Server Pro features 16 video and 32 graphic layers, with 2TB of redundant RAID hard disk space; Media Server STD has eight video and 16 graphic layers, with 1TB of redundant RAID space; and Media Server LT features four video and eight graphic layers, with 500GB of RAID space. All version 4.0 servers feature realtime performance, a built-in user front panel interface, and integrated Softedge and HD Playback. Options include SMPTE, DMX, and RS-232 interfaces, as well as SD-SDI input boards and HD-SDI boards. The Media Player is also now available in two versions — Media Player Pro, and Media Player STD — while the Media Manager is available in three — Pro, STD, and LT, with varying timeline features. A new Sensor Link is designed for custom installations that require integration of industrial encoders, distometers, analog potentiometers, and contact closures. Additional upgrades include PB Automation, a software development kit for third-party integration that provides direct access to all sequence controls as well as all device parameters, effects, and presets. Pandoras Box Spark is a free add-on that acts as a remote TCP/IP device that can be installed as a remote control service on any Windows XP PC. It enables any coolux timeline to initiate local commands on the target computer. In cooperation with Switzerland-based partner sonic emotion, an optional multichannel audio plug-in integrates up to 24 channels of synchronized audio channels to the Media Manager and Media Vision.
www.coolux.de
1:5 Splitter For HDMI v1.3
Gefen
Gefen introduces a 1:5 Splitter for HDMI v1.3 and a 1:10 HDMI v1.3 Distribution Amplifier. The 1:5 Splitter accepts one audio/video input, such as a DVD player or set top box, and transmits the same signal to five displays. The 1:10 HDMI v1.3 Distribution Amplifier transmits one HDMI source to 10 displays. Both units can accommodate larger distributions when daisy-chained with another splitter. All high-definition resolutions are supported from 480p up to 1080p. Both solutions enable simultaneous distribution of one high-definition audio/video signal to multiple HDMI displays. The expanded HDMI version 1.3 format allows for optional color and audio refinements along with an increased bandwidth that ensures the highest signal quality possible from high-definition video delivered using HDMI. Both units are rackmountable.
www.gefen.com
dvMatte Pro 3.0 Studio
dvGarage
dvMatte Pro 3.0 Studio chroma-keying software is now available for Apple Final Cut Pro 5.1.2 and Apple Motion 2 or higher. Utilizing Apple's FxPlug technology to combine chroma-keying with Graphics Processing Unit acceleration, version 3.0 allows Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion users to remove green and blue screen backgrounds from digital video, high definition video, or high definition footage in realtime. It uses color and luma information to create clean edges. With a 3 Pass, super-fast keyer, the software uses a color difference keyer, a hybrid luminance keyer, and an edge protection keyer, allowing the software to produce very smooth mattes. Additional features include built-in spill suppression to knock out background and spill; a color matching plug-in to match foreground and background color; built-in edge blending; built-in light wrap plug-in; and a new screen fix plug-in for hard-to-key images.
www.dvgarage.com
