Test Drive: Apple Mac Pro, Part 2 

By Jan Ozer

Back at you with the Apple Mac Pro. In our last segment, I looked at performance. Here, I’ll look at serviceability and the performance of Apple’s RAID option...

millimeter's The Briefing Room 

Holland-based documentary company New Earth Films put the Sound Devices 302 mixer to the test as its crew shot on-location in Greenland for its recent documentary ...

Test Drive: Apple Mac Pro, Part 1 

By Jan Ozer

I have in my hands an Intel Nehalem-based Apple Mac Pro, specifically a 2.93GHz dual-processor, quad-core unit running Mac OS 10.5.7 with 12GB of RAM and an ATI Radeon HD 4870 driving a beautiful Apple LED Cinema Display...

Test Drive: Intel Nehalem, Part 2 

By Jan Ozer

Welcome back to our presentation of how HP’s new Intel Nehalem-based workstations compare to older workstations when rendering from Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4)...

Test Drive: Intel Nehalem, Part 1 

By Jan Ozer

A few months ago, I ran some Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) benchmarks on different computers that isolated how CS4 performed with formats ranging from DV to Red. Now that Intel’s Nehalem processor is upon us, those numbers are obsolete...

Review: Panasonic AG-HPX300 

By Barry Braverman

This is not a $30,000 camera. You might want to repeat that to yourself as you consider Panasonic's latest P2 offering. At a street price of less than $10,000, the AG-HPX300 camcorder...

Sign of the Times 

By D.W. Leitner

I recently had a production meeting with a young cameraman who owns a Sony PMW-EX3. In the course of getting to know one other, he asked me what it was like to shoot film, which he said he’d very much like to do one day...

Review: HP Z800 

By Jan Ozer

Sporting a completely redesigned case and Intel’s new Nehalem processor, the HP Z800 knocks the socks off HP’s existing workstation line...

Test Drive: Telestream Episode Pro, Part 2 

By Jan Ozer

In the first installment for this month, I looked at Telestream’s new Episode Pro for Windows, detailing the interface, I/O, and preview function. This time out, we’ll look at encoding quality, performance, and compatibility. Let’s jump right in with Blu-ray and DVD...

Test Drive: Telestream Episode Pro, Part 1 

By Jan Ozer

Telestream Episode Pro has emerged as a top performer on the Mac, and last December, Telestream released a Windows version. It’s an affordable tool that all HD producers on both platforms need to be aware of...