Media 100 HD Debuts

Media 100 will begin shipping in February its Media 100 HD, a resolution-independent native HD and SD editing system powered by its GenesisEngine 844/X technology (HDX) and featuring 10-bit uncompressed editing. Media 100 HD incorporates the Media 100 i software, which supports Apple's Mac OS X and Aqua user interfac

Author:: TVTechnology
Updated:: Feb 23, 2018
Original:: Dec 10, 2003

Media 100 will begin shipping in February its Media 100 HD, a resolution-independent native HD and SD editing system powered by its GenesisEngine 844/X technology (HDX) and featuring 10-bit uncompressed editing.

Media 100 HD incorporates the Media 100 i software, which supports Apple's Mac OS X and Aqua user interface. The chip, called HDX and part of the GenesisEngine platform, converts any HD format to any HD format, from any SD format to any HD format, and from any HD format to any SD format, in real time.

The system, priced at $7,995, represents Media 100's first design for the Mac in eight years.

Media 100 will debut an HD version of its 844/X video production system at NAB2003. Dubbed "HDX", the new platform expands on Media 100's Genesis Engine media processor that drives the 844/X and supports HD and SD. HDX is composed of new software and an HDX PCI card that adds 10-bit format conversion to the GenesisEng

For editors working with multiformat source material, Media 100 plans to demonstrate the Media 100 iHD, a Mac OS X-based HD/SD editing system, at NAB2003. The nonlinear system uses Media 100's HDX technology, featuring 10-bit uncompressed HD and SD I/O and real-time format conversion between HD and SD formats. With HD

Media 100 v11.6 is the universal binary release of Media 100's 10-bit uncompressed HD/SD editing systems for Mac OS X.

The Media 100i software supports Apple’s Mac OS X operating system and Aqua user interface.

The Media 100i software supports Apple’s Mac OS X operating system and Aqua user interface.

Media 100 is now shipping the 844/Xi, the newest member in the 844/X line of editing systems, which targets current users of dual-stream editing systems with new Interoperability Release software and other new features. The Interoperability Release software includes an 844/X timeline export to Adobe After Effects and

Media 100 stated that the new version adds support for progressive frame formats, including Kona 3/HD Suite Formats—480p, 720p 23.98 (HD Suite Only), 720p 50, 720p 59.94, 720p 60, 1080 PsF 23.98, 1080 PsF 24, 1080 P 25, 1080 P 29.97 and 1080 P 30.

A new version of a software codec will be showcased at the Media 100 booth this year. The Mac-based Media 100 HD 10.1 is designed for projects that use HD, SD or need real-time mixing of different time codes in the same timeline. "We live in a hybrid world. Media 100 HD is designed to fill the gap as editors go