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to organize the massive amounts of data and metadata that can be generated on a shoot. The beta version is available for free download at http://synaesthe sia.surrealroad.com/beta. For more information, visit www.surrealroad.com. Marshall Monitor Enters Field Marshall Electronics has added the V-LCD50-HDMI 5" monitor to its popular line of portable camera-top monitors. Packed with features, the portable unit is a perfect solution for DSLR and video professionals. The compact LED-backlit V-LCD50HDMI offers excellent picture performance and viewing angles. Standard features include a wide variety of formats and markers, four user-friendly configurable front-panel function buttons, RGB check field/field detect, RGB gain and bias control. The monitor also features Marshall’s False Color and Peaking filters, along with Image Flip, Freeze Frame, and HDMI Auto Color Space and Ratio Detect. The V-LCD50-HDMI can be powered either with the included power supply or with four AA batteries. Additionally, the bottom 1⁄4"-20 mount allows the monitor to be mounted to most DSLRs, cranes and jibs. For additional information, visit www.lcdracks.com. FSI Monitors Critical Color Flanders Scientific, Inc. has announced the release of the 24" LM2470W 10-bit RGB LED Matrix monitor. Incorporating all of the powerful features found across FSI’s monitor line, the LM2470W comes equipped with a true native 10-bit LCD panel and RGB LED Matrix Backlighting System. Designed for the most demanding color-critical applications, the monitor is capable of reproducing over 1.073 billion colors. The LM-2470W is an ultra-widegamut LCD monitor (102 percent of
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NTSC) with an advanced color-space selection option allowing users to instantly switch between Rec 709, SMPTE C, EBU and Wide Gamut modes. Additionally, the monitor comes standard with 3 Gbps HD/SD-SDI inputs, allowing the unit to support a 4:4:4 and 1080p50/60 source over a single serial digital interface. Other inputs include Component,

RGB, Composite and DVI-I; the fourmode waveform and vectorscope work for all inputs. Additionally, the monitor boasts a lightweight and rugged aluminum chassis, as well as audio disembedding, audio out, audio level meters and built-in speakers. For additional information, visit www.shopfsi.com and www.flanderssci entific.com. Wohler Adds Vectorscope to RM HD Monitors Wohler Technologies Inc. has announced the addition of vectorscope capability to all of the company’s new RM HD LCD video-monitoring products. Already equipped with waveform display and a broad range of metering and overlay options, these sleek, compact monitors bring increased functionality and efficiency to high-quality HD monitoring, particularly in the space-constrained production environment. “External gear such as hardware scopes not only require an additional equipment investment, but also demand valuable space in fixed and mobile installations,” says Kim Templeman-Holmes, executive vice president of global sales and marketing at Wohler. “By integrating vectorscope capability into all of our new RM HD monitors, we’ve boosted the systems’ value and eliminated a layer of
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complexity in ensuring the quality of video sources. Operators now can acquire a rich array of source and signal data through the monitor by simply accessing that information through the onscreen display.” Ideal for confidence monitoring in mobile trucks, news and transmission control rooms, and duplication and postproduction facilities, products in the RM family of slim, lightweight LCD monitors enable monitoring of HD/SD-SDI video and composite video with embedded audio. Each system boasts two to four high-resolution screens that display HD or SD video, as well as meters for up to eight channels of audio. Additional overlays that can be added by the operator include safe area and safe title markers, a center mark, time code, display format and IMD. For additional information, visit www.wohler.com. Skooba Stables Cables Skooba Design has introduced the Cable Stable DLX, a completely redesigned edition of the unique cable and accessory organizer the company first developed and introduced in 2000. The Cable Stable DLX looks and opens like a book and features approximately 18 different storage spaces in a 12-ounce case the size of a traditional day planner. Opening the Cable Stable DLX, one side features a grid of elastic hold-downs in different sizes and orientations. The elastic strips “float” freely under reinforced retention strips so they can easily stretch and contract to accommodate a near-limitless assortment of portable gadgets, cords, adapters and other accessories. Mesh pockets line the side opposite the storage grid, and elastic loops for batteries, pens and thumb drives line the center divider; additionally, the exterior features a document/CD pocket. The Cable Stable DLX is available for a suggested retail price of $39.95. For more information, visit www.skoobade sign.com. ●

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