
I've been following a few dedicated NAB attendees via Twitter as they plot their way around the vast expanses of the Las Vegas Convention Centre. Here are some highlights so far.
Will Strauss (
@willstrauss), Technology Editor at 'Broadcast' seems quite impressed with the
Sony Location Porter, which allows users in the field to convert content from a camcorder or a live feed into an H.264 stream and broadcast it via 3G. Will points out that it's not exactly new, and there are alternatives out there, but it still looks very appealing. Another spot from Will is JVC's new 4K camera with a live signal output. As he puts it,
"That's potentially one in the eye for Red. Not that they'll care too much".
Object Matrix (
@om_nick) and Squarebox have announced a tie-up that sees the former's MatrixStore technology for tiering and clustering inexpensive storage hardware integrating closely with the latters CatDV DAM system. For the full story, click
here.
The jury appears to be out on
the new Avid corporate identity, which is a bit retro for some tastes, but which others feel shows the company getting back in touch with its NLE roots.
I spotted this on the CalDigit Twitter feed, if it's any use to somebody who's reading this while at NAB:
"We're giving away 5 CalDigit VR minis at NAB. But you have to visit us at booth SL13610 to get your raffle ticket."Engadget has
this interesting post about the new 1,000 fps I-Movix SprintCam v3 HD camera on show at NAB for the first time. In fact, I've just read through a number of other Twitter updates, and lots of people seem to be raving about the SprintCam
Two people I follow posted this somewhat random tweet at exactly the same time:
"Adobe Story is an app for creating, editing & optimizing scripts for films, broadcast & rich media, public beta in late 2009.".
Autodesk is streaming demos live from the NAB booth on its
AREA website, according to
@somenice.
@JasonRaneses points to
this announcement from Western Digital of its new 2TB Enterprise-class HDD.
The Pro Video Coaltion (
@provideo) were on their toes on Day 1. They've already posted
this update, which includes a picture of the AVID booth, showing
that logo. There's also a quick look at some very advanced 3D holographic technology.
I'll post some more stuff from Day 2 as I spot it...