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INSTANT EXPERT BY NED SOLTZ HARD DATA TEN GREAT HARDWARE ADD-ONS FOR YOUR NLE. ITEM/ CONTACT COMPANY MSRP COMPATABILITY SPECS DECKLINK Blackmagic INTENSITY & Design INTENSITY PRO www.decklink.com $249-349 PCI Express card with HDMI in/out for Intel Mac and PC. Pro version adds analog I/O. Capitalizing on the increasing number of HD devices that sport HDMI interfaces, Intensity allows capture via HDMI and output either back to camera or to an HDTV for monitoring. Accurate, reliable and a remarkable bargain. IO HD AJA $3,495 Mac only (desktop or MacBook Pro). Capture/output any format to FCP. Io HD’s coolest feature is real-time encoding in Apple’s ProRes 422 codec. For example, you can capture in the field 10-bit uncompressed HD on a MacBook Pro in ProRes 422 HQ in real time to just a single drive. www.aja.com Lest we neglect new entries from Avid, the MoJo SDI adds SDI in/out with embedded audio for Xpress Pro users working in SD. No HD options. MOJO SDI Avid $2,495 Mac/PC. SD only capture/output for Avid Xpress Pro. www.avid.com Mac only. Outputs HD signal to DVI, SDI, component or composite monitor, with real-time downrez to SD. It’s one thing to edit HD, but MXO allows the highest quality monitoring short of a capture card and SDI monitor. Outputting to an Apple 23” Cinema Display or similar, it even can calibrate the monitor with bars. MXO Matrox $995 www.matrox.com PROFESSIONAL SERIES Bella KEYBOARDS www.bella-usa.com COMBO DOCK V4 $190 Mac/PC. Available for Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple FCP, Avid Media Composer and Xpress, Pinnacle Edition and Sony Vegas. These keyboards have a great feel for general typing and save your gray matter from needing to store video app shortcuts. The jog/shuttle wheel can be customized to your own specs. Wiebetech $169 and up Mac/PC. Connect a bare drive to the drive dock and then to host computer via USB or FireWire. Different models or adapters allow connection of ATA or SATA drives (both 3.5” and 2.5”). Just the solution for backups or drives used for file exchanges—it saves buying enclosures. www.wiebetech.com RAID STORAGE Varies by interface/capacity CalDigit knows video, building solid devices that can handle anything from DV to 2K. And they have some of the best tech support around. CalDigit Mac/PC, FireWire/SATA/direct PCIe. www.caldigit.com Varies by interface/capacity Dulce Systems is the new kid on the block, promising highly reliable storage in a full line of RAID solutions. Here again, RAID’s redundancies and rebuild capabilities secure your data. RAID STORAGE Dulce Systems Mac/PC, FireWire/SATA/direct PCIe. www.dulcesystems.com MERCURY PRO Other World SW-5582 BLU-RAY Computing DISC BURNER www.macsales.com S-8 POWERED MONITORS These neutral monitors represent an excellent compromise between price and quality. Since they’re magnetically shielded, you can place them safely next to a CRT monitor. You, and your clients, will hear the difference. Based on a Panasonic mechanism, the Mercury Pro works with any Blu-ray authoring app to produce discs for set-top players or PS3 consoles. More solutions will appear, but if you need Blu-ray now, consider this model. $639 Mac/PC. Also burns DVDs and CDs. Tapco by Mackie $499/pr Balanced TRS/XLR and unbalanced RCA inputs. www.tapcoworld.com is where you’ll find a supplemental chart of 10 more plug-ins. Visit DV online. 30 dv october 2007 www.dv.com http://www.decklink.com http://www.aja.com http://www.avid.com http://www.matrox.com http://www.bella-usa.com http://www.wiebetech.com http://www.caldigit.com http://www.dulcesystems.com http://www.macsales.com http://www.tapcoworld.com http://www.dv.com

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