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Which Blackmagic camera models output live native progressive, and when?
Which Blackmagic camera models output live native progressive 1080p, and when? This situation is a bit confusing, and hasn’t...
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Blackmagic slashes camera prices, updates firmware
This morning Blackmagic announced important firmware updates for its cameras and slashed the prices of two models. The firmware...
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Vimeo fixes Android playback compatibility beyond Vimeo.com
In case you hadn’t read any of my prior related articles, from March 2013 until sometime last Friday, July...
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Why video producers/distributors should embrace Chromecast
Chromecast is the name of a US$35 digital media streaming adapter developed by Google and released last week, in...
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Blackmagic ships first 6G-SDI products to simplify 4K cabling
Up until recently, if you wanted to connect a 4K video signal from one device to another, you required...
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Why I (sadly and reluctantly) opted-out of my Vimeo Pro renewal
Today I did it, although sadly and reluctantly: I opted out of my Vimeo Pro auto-renewal. Like many Vimeo...
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Panasonic AW-HE2 1080p ePTZ camera: a first look
The US$995 AW-HE2 is not a camcorder (since it contains no recorder), but an intriguing camera with a live...
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Blackmagic adds 1080p to new ATEM 4K US$1995 a/v mixer
At NAB 2013, Blackmagic announced its new US$1995 ATEM Production Studio 4K audio/video mixer (“switcher”), which joins other ATEM...
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DeckLink Quad: the little PCIe card that could?
The DeckLink Quad card from Blackmagic reminds me of two pop culture titles: The Little Engine that could and...
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Connect PCIe cards to slotless Macs via Thunderbolt? Yes!
Many video professionals have unjustifiably disqualified slotless Macs because they incorrectly believed that there was no way to use...