48hr film fest in DC this weekend
 

The DC edition of the 48hr film festival starts this weekend, May 7.

www.48hourfilm.com/dc-new.htm

I wouldn't be suprised to see a future version of Final Cut Pro offer Grid functionality

http://www.apple.com/acg/xgrid/

I think Grid Computing is going to be very big in some areas. It remains to be seen just how well it will help Digital Video. I'm looking forward to it.

I think Vegas already does points 2 & 3 on that FAQ. Only thing
missing is 1... That would be an interesting option that I've
thought of myself recently. LightWave could use it as well,
although the new Worley plugin seems to remove the need for
that basically.

I wish I knew aobut it before. I like out in Fairfax.

Growing UK Digital Cinemas
 

McDonalds and.....DVDs?
 

In Arlington VA at the McDonalds on Columbia Pike, east of Glebe Rd, there is a DVD rental kiosk in the parking lot. I guess they will move them inside now.

Bias Now Shipping SoundSoap Pro
 

Bias is finally shipping SoundSoap Pro. This is the long-awaited big brother to the popular original SoundSoap audio restoration tool.

Visit the Bias site for complete information.

Having used the original SoundSoap many times I can highly recommend your consideration if you often need to clean-up your audio tracks.

I'm very anxious to find out how well this program works. I may finally have to upgrade to OSX now.

Panasonic DVTapes at OfficeMax $5 for a 3 pack
 

Here is a goodie I found on OfficeMax
Panasonic Camcorder Digital Video Tapes

New Low Price, Was $19.99, now only $5!

Tape Grade: Linear Plus

3 Tapes per Pack


http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?prodBlockOID=537017729&siteID=isIkAyUyNbM-wuWhUxwJk87zrpDwOMl7hA

Thanks, George. Nice deal at 1/3 the cost of my Panasonic PQ tapes. But they're "consumer" not "professional" rated. Dorothy

I don't know man.

I've got a matrox digisuite le (sd) and it gave me problems for 7 years. Maybe it's cause it's a pc platform, but man . . . I'm never goin matrox again.

George thanks
 

George:

Thanks for the tip was it online or in the store?

I know they arnet rated professional, but im always subjective on that due to the fact that my old employer a cable news net used to have those before we went all sony excellence (and I had to start buying tapes :( But they went through more cases than you can imagine and we never had a problem with using those tapes (provided shooting was ok) to air. At 3 for $5 I might just pick up a whole bunch if I can find it at the max near me...

M

Sony Challenges Rival in Digital Cinema
 

Reuters, June 3: " Sony Electronics on Thursday unveiled a new digital projection system for movie theaters at a cost and technology upgrade that rivals market leader Texas Instruments Inc."

A little good old competition is just what's needed to get digital cinema moving at a faster pace.

See the full story at Reuters.

A gig on a stamp.
 

http://www.info-mica.com/en/index.html

Very interesting featured in Wired this month.
I wonder what this could mean for future video storage.