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Avid DS HD: offers integrated picture and audio editing, compositing and animation; features paint, titling and project management tools; applications

Vertigo Multimedia Producer Playout Manager: allows users to create playlists of graphics and animations built using Discreet Logic's frost superscript

Tiernan Communications TE6000: designed for digital SNG; available in 4:2:0 or 4:2:2 configurations; supports the new EBU BISS Conditional Access Protocol;

FAST Multimedia Inc silver.XL/purple.XL: extensions for silver.XL and purple.XL now available; these add Media Cleaner Wizard from Terran Interactive

Not surprisingly, the August editorial, "Kill the 8VSB Frankenstein," drew a lot of comment. Most respondents came from two camps: consumers and broadcast

Midas Broadcast 2000: analog console designed specifically for TV studios and mobile video production; supports all DTV and DVD formats including mixing

SyntheSys Research HDEYE292: analysis and generation test system for high-definition serial digital signals (SMPTE292M); supports 14 HDTV formats, including

Philips LDK 23HS mkII: expands the features of its predecessor the LDK23HS camera, offering exact capture of same-minute details and the ability to be

Philips GoldLine series: incorporates ClearView compression technology for enhanced MPEG-2 compression; features improvements in MPEG-2 compression algorithms

FCC issues rules on DTV set labeling The FCC recently adopted rules for the labeling of digital television (DTV) receivers to ensure consumers will be

FCC Chairman warns industry must meet commitments FCC Chairman William E. Kennard used an occasion at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City

PRODUCTION SWITCHER Pinnacle PDS 9000: now shipping; a 36-input, 2.5 M/E production switcher aimed at mid-market live production, specifically news and

Shure Inc FP23: now shipping; offers 24 hours of operating life with two AA batteries for on-location recording; features all-metal construction, special

SMPTEresponds Dear Mr. Dick, As President of the SMPTE, I'd like to respond to the letter from Paul McGoldrick published in the December 2000 issue of

MULTIFORMAT SAFE AREA GENERATOR Broadcast Video Systems DSA-100 SDI: generates and inserts all required safe action, safe title and center cross graticules

Media 100 Cleaner 5: now shipping; allows users to create streaming media content for the Web in four steps: capture, author, encode and publish; simplifies

e-Studio LIVE e-Studio 7000: new line of turnkey systems provides all the components necessary to create a Webcast; enable users to create live interactive

Editor: When the head of Chronicle Publishing asked me if digital reception would be better than analog reception, I responded that I thought it would

International Fiber Systems VT/VR 7400 series: single mode and multimode systems allow four independent video signals to be multiplexed and transmitted

TASCAM DA-98HR: offers high-resolution record and playback capabilities including eight tracks at 24-bit, 44.1kHz or 48kHz; four tracks at 24-bit, 88.2/96kHz;

Pinnacle Cinewave: now shipping; uncompressed SD video solution available for Apple's Power Mac G4; combines TARGA Cine engine with video authoring tools

TASCAM DM-24: small-format digital recording console with 24-bit digital converters and 96kHz sampling rates; offers full transport control, hierarchical

Rohde & Schwarz Netlink: provides for remote control and monitoring of broadcasting transmitters via Internet web browser and an SNMP-compatible network;

Cadex Electronics C7200: analyzes most battery chemistries, including Li-ion, Li-Polymer, NiMH, NiCd and SLA; each station of the two-station unit can

Vigits iCON: smallest production downconverter available on the market; can be mounted on the side of an HDCam or monitor; converts from HDTV to NTSC;