NAB 2009 – Day One
by Todd Yates on Apr.20, 2009, under Industry Trends
Well this morning as I approached the Las Vegas Convention Center it felt more like going to the show on Thursday (the last day of the show when there is hardly anyone left in town). I have been coming to this show for a long time and this is the lightest I have ever seen attendance. I didn’t make it out of the South Hall today and spent most of my time in the lower hall. Here are some brief highlights of what I thought was cool from Day One:
1. AJA Ki Pro – This is definitely the show front runner so far. A small self contained file based that will record in HD ProResHQ for up to 2.5 hours onto a hard drive that you can remove and plug into your computer. It takes HD-SDI, SD-SDI, analog audio and time code. It will also up convert your SD to HD on input.
Here is a link with more info: http://www.aja.com/products/acquire/
2. My good friends at Silicon Imaging are showing some great 3D capture technologies and workflows. Very cool stuff!
3. AVID actually had A.R. Rahman play at their party tonight at the Hard Rock! (The guy who won two Oscars for his music in Slumdog Millionaire) He only played one song, but that alone was worth the trip over there. Way to go AVID! Now if they could only increase the file limit on my Unity. :-)
Well that’s it for now. I know it’s not much, but there wasn’t that much excitement today. We will hope for more tomorrow.
April 21st, 2009 on 11:59 AM
What is RED doing out there?
April 22nd, 2009 on 5:45 AM
Well Matt,
RED does not have a booth this year. I guess they are hanging out with Apple sipping Mojitos back in CA. They are well represented in several booths though and many of there people are walking around.