New Washington DC Newseum Delivers HD Video with Opticomm
The Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech, and free spirit for all people, has unveiled its design for a new, expanded Newseum in Washington, D.C. to help the public and the news media understand one another better...
KQED-DT/TV, a PBS station serving Northern California, recently put several new Fujinon HDTV lenses into service. ...
Da Vinci Systems announced that Sylicone has integrated a da Vinci 2K Plus color enhancement system into its new DI theater. ...
Compact HD By Craig Erpelding
At NAB 2006, Iconix, a Goleta, Calif.-based startup, released a small camera with big aspirations. Iconix calls the camera the HD-RH1, which is a 1/3in. progressive 3-CCD HDTV camera aimed at giving those making HD-acquired projects a new perspective on capturing footage in cramped quarters....
By Steve Mullen
In the last edition of HDV@Work, I examined the promise of an encoding feature called Smart Splicing. To learn more about Smart Splicing, I created a simple simulation....
Capturing HD Eye Candy By Craig Erpelding
LG Electronics will soon release a brand new line of 1080p-capable flat-panel digital HDTVs—more than a dozen plasma and LCD models—which the company will showcase during the upcoming CES tradeshow, Jan. 8-11 in Las Vegas....
Iraq In Fragments took top honors in the feature-length competition at the 2006 International Documentary Association (IDA) Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards Gala at the Directors Guild of America Theatre....
Ron Howard will receive the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Board of Governors Award, which is presented annually to an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to advancing the art of filmmaking....
By Steve Mullen
Those who have been recording their productions back to HDV know how excruciating the wait can be for an export-to-tape. ...
Edit Review: Pioneer BDR-101A Reviewer: Tom Patrick McAuliffe
No good story is without drama or conflict, and the quest to replace the DVD standard with an HD-capable media format is no exception. In one corner we...