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MillimeterNAB 2004
Jun 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By Dan Ochiva, D. W. Leitner, Bob Turner, S. D. Katz, and Michael Goldman
HD, Codec Wars, and a CEO
DVS Clipster
In addition to its previous duties as a realtime HD NLE, DVS Clipster is becoming a DI finishing system with capturing and realtime dual-stream editing of 2K 24p 4:4:4 10-bit files.
At NAB, DVS introduced realtime primary color-correction for files up to 2K. (For more complex color-grading, DVS is partnering with Pandora and da Vinci.) Clipster also features realtime zooming/panning, a full kit of finishing tools, and supports third-party applications such as Adobe After Effects, Discreet Combustion, and Eyeon Digital Fusion, and it supports high-speed LAN connectivity with realtime single and dual-link HD-SDI and HSDL I/Os to a SAN. Turnkey systems including storage begin at less than $100,000 MSRP.
Grass Valley 4K
The introduction of the 4K Spirit DataCine highlights Thomson Grass Valley's place as a top player in the still nascent digital cinema/DI market. Built upon the Spirit 4K scanner — which came out at last year's NAB — the new DataCine offers scan rates of 2K in realtime (4K at 7.5fps). The 4K Spirit DataCine switches between 4:4:4 RGB and YUV formats and now enables SD, HD, and 2K output. Speed is a big factor in buying one of these pricey DataCines (systems start at some $1,887,000). Faster throughput means a facility can handle more work. One crucial factor is Grass Valley's alliance with SGI, which provides the Gigabyte System Network (GSN) to move that immense amount of data onto networked Origin 2000 servers. With years of both defense and supercomputer use, GSN remains the single network fast enough to keep pace with the DataCine. As part of the Grass Valley FilmStream workflow family, the new DataCine, along with the Spirit 4K, joins the Viper FilmStream camera system, Specter FS (FilmStream) Virtual DataCine, Specter DataCine, Shadow telecine, Voodoo Media Recorder, and Shout image-restoration tools.
