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LATEST IN HD News | Reviews Consumer Front Forum | HD Tips ����������� J u l y / A u g 2 0 0 6 $ 5 . 9 5 � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � ESPN BLAZES HD TRAIL PLUS TITANIC DOCKS IN HD an article by Joe Huggins AFRICA STOCK SHOTS by Paula Lumbard LAS VEGAS ON A HOLLYWOOD SOUNDSTAGE commentary by David Heuring PBTS-012_HVX200_1pg_HD.qxp 6/23/06 1:14 PM Page 1 KMP_126.HD.FilmVideo.qxd 12/15/05 12:55 PM Page 1 Go everywhere, shoot anything - The 5 lb. HVX200 goes wherever your story takes you – from the highest mountain to the deepest AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD Camcorder ocean – giving you the portability The perfect hand-held complement and flexibility to capture whatever to full-size cameras (like the Panasonic shot is required, in 720p or 1080i. AJ-HDC27 VariCam) used by movie IMPRESS. crews, TV programs, TV stations and many more. Ultra versatile with the OR capability to record in 21 different modes. COMPRESS. FILM. THE DIFFERENCE. ONLY FILM MAKES THE MOST OF HDTV. Film lets you bring more detail, truer color and wider latitude to the HDTV screen. Most electronic capture is compressed at origination, creating aliasing and permanently deleting image data. Film’s abundant image capacity—10x that of electronic capture—ensures your story will live on no matter how HD evolves. KODAK Motion Picture Film. AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD Filmmaking independence Make an impression that lasts. To learn more, Shoot in 1080p/24 and 720p/24 for visit www.kodak.com/go/motion. the most dramatic, film-like images that result in higher quality film-outs when affordable or digital projections. Outfit the HVX200 with your favorite matte boxes, filters and other accessories HD production for cine-style shooting. Overcrank or undercrank just like film quality counts. cameras to create mind-boggling fast- or slow-motion effects without No other compact HD camera gives you the full 100 Mbps image the artifacts you get with highly compressed formats. When shooting quality and creative freedom of the AG-HVX200. The HVX200 in 720p, choose one of 11 variable frame rates between 12fps and 60fps delivers DVCPRO HD and 4:2:2 color sampling – twice the chroma including 24fps and 30fps. resolution of MPEG-2, resulting in clean green screen work and lossless compositing. The HVX200 captures images in discrete ademark. ademark. progressive frames, so it simplifies editing and offers faster workflow. SD today, HD tomorrow, this camera has you covered. For more information visit www.panasonic.com/hvx200 or call 1.800.528.8601 tman Kodak Company, 2006. Kodak is Kodak a 2006. tr Company, tman Kodak © © Eas © 2006 Panasonic Broadcast c o n t e n t s FEATURE ESPN Blazes HD Trail 8 by Ken Kerschbaumer Exploring Our Universe 8 14 by Patrick Younge Kagan Shoots Subway on HVX200 16 by Brian Cali Titanic Docks in HD 18 by Joe Huggins HD Feature in a Small Lobster Town 18 20 by Dan Coplan, SOC Eberlein Gets XDCAM HD 22 by Roger Paul Bell Witch, a Haunting Tale in HD 23 by Amanda Maples HDTV Forum: CE Meets IT in HD-DVD’s 24 by Steve Sechrist 20 HD Good Enough to Eat 25 by Susan Robertson Africa Stock Shots 26 by Carol Martin HD Tips: High Definition Fact Sheet 101 28 by B. Sean Fairburn 26 Las Vegas on a Hollywood Soundstage 30 by David Heuring Putting Together the HD Pieces 32 by Chris Purse SuperCoasters on National Geographic 33 by Lindsay Drewel 30 HDTV, the Consumer Front 34 by Dale Cripps From Stage to Screen 35 by William Conner Front Cover: Bryan Burns and Joe Wire of ESPN, Inc. Photo by Rich Arden, ©2006 ESPN, Inc. Vol. 8, Issue 4 | HighDef Magazine is published bi-monthly, free for professionals in all areas of video and film production, nationally by American Press Services, 2247 15th Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119. PUBLISHER: Conrad W. Denke EDITOR: David W. Thompson PRODUCTION: Gina Griffin Hanzsek DISPLAY ADVERTISING: Call David Thompson at 1-888-282-1776 or e-mail [email protected]. Deadline for advertising mechanicals is fifteen(15) days prior to publication date. Current and back issues and additional resources, including subscription request forms, are available on our website: www.HighDef.com. Send address changes to: HighDef Magazine, 2247 15th Ave. West, Seattle, WA 98119. PRINTER: Banta Publications Group, bantapublications.com NEWS & PRODUCTS tion post production. The resolution making possible for the first time the than standard cables. The cables utilize co-existent eQ FX comes complete backup of up to 25GB of data on a state-of-the-art cable technology, with 160 minutes of HD workspace; single layer BD-R (recordable) or BD- made with 100% oxygen-free, copper- TimeMagic no-wait hardware; QColor RE (rewritable) disc, as well as image- center conductors, nitrogen gas dielec- in-context color grading package; the to-disc recording and the archive and trics and double-shielding for low-loss, latest Eiger 3.5 software; and a choice playback of hours of high-definition maximum signal transfer. of comprehensive plug-ins. “We need- video content. The software and hard- ed a seriously powerful editing and ware combination will enable a range FUJINON AT THE WORLD CUP compositing system that would also of applications including professional Fujinon provided over 100 HD lenses simply slot into our office network,” pre-mastering, high-definition author- to the mobile truck companies cover- says Adi Leach, Studio Zoo co-founder. INNOVISION OPTICS HD MINI ing and high-capacity storage. ing the 2006 FIFA World Cup—the GRASS VALLEY CHOOSES “That way we could source EDLs direct PROBE LENS SYSTEM Sonic Solutions Roxio® Blu-ray Disc first ever produced entirely in HDTV. ANTON/BAUER from our offline suites and graphics Innovision Optics introduced the HD (BD) software will also power Fujitsu Among the over 100 Fujinon HD lenses Anton/Bauer has been chosen as the direct from our designers’ workstations, Mini Probe, designed especially for the Limited’s DESKPOWER TX95S/D. that these OB vans provided were: 22 thereby maintaining premium resolu- Panasonic AG-HVX200 and DVX100/B, factory-preferred battery system for the Expected to be the first desktop HA13x4.5BERD-S; 10 HA22x7.8BERDs; tion. The eQ FX is the perfect answer.” Sony HVR–Z1U and HDR-FX1, and new Grass Valley Infinity Series digital computer available with an integrated two HA18x7.6BERDs; four similar DV camcorders. This tubular media camcorders, worldwide. Grass Blu-ray Disc drive when it launched KABC “IGNITE”S HD NEWS lens system offers superior optics and HVX 200 ON THE 4400 HA26X6.7BESMs; two HA42x9.7BERDs; Valley will be offering these revolution- in Japan at the end of June, Fujitsu’s KABC-TV in Los Angeles has selected light transmission for work in either Many of the most intense and kinetic and one HA26x6.7BESM with ary cameras equipped with the Gold DESKPOWER TX95S/D ushered in Precision Focus Assist technology. Mount Professional battery Snap-On Grass Valley multiformat HD equipment Standard Definition or HD. The Mini scenes in the new season of the USA a new era of high-definition optical Network’s supernatural series The 4400 The complement of Fujinon lenses by Anton/Bauer, specially configured from Thomson to produce local news Probe’s unique periscope attachment recording on the PC. were captured with Panasonic’s AG- also included: 51 XA87x9.3BESMs; for different customer focused applica- content for HDTV viewers. For the past lets operators shoot from an ultra-low HVX200 DVCPRO HD solid-state cam- nine XA101x8.9BESMs with tions. The broad range of power choic- six months, the station has used an perspective. Featuring a 19” (48.3cm) corder. After rigorous testing, Director Precision Focus Assist technol- es from Anton/Bauer utilizes all three SD version of the Grass Valley Ignite long lens barrel with a diameter of Production System under the control of of Photography Tony Westman and ogy; four XA87x9.3BESMs; major chemistries in a wide variety of just 1.4” (36mm), the HD Mini Probe one operator with full video, audio and Digital Imaging Technician Chris Oben three XA72x9.3BESMs; and two sizes, weights, and performance. These is designed with a 72mm rear thread camera controls--for its morning and integrated the hand-held, production XA87x13.2BESMs. Power Systems consist of one that is to guarantee compatibility with most mid-day weekend newscasts. Based on quality HVX200 camcorder into produc- ideal for a full day of fast-paced ENG, popular DV camcorders. its initial success with the system, the tion of the third season of The 4400. another that is particularly lightweight station’s news department moved to and compact for EFP, and a third that it’sMEdia AND JVC HD full HD production. is tailored for an extra long day of ENG JVC announced that it’sMEdia has cho- or EFP operation. All feature Anton/ GMS DEMOS UNMANNED sen the GY-HD100U ProHD camcorder Bauer digital batteries with the exclu- AERIAL HD CAPTURE RAYCOM CONVERTS TO for its event Cinema-Pictography fran- sive Realtime™ display--on the battery Global Microwave Systems, a sub- DVCPRO P2 chise corporation. it’sMEdia has devel- and in the Infinity Series viewfinder, oped a system that captures, edits and sidiary of The Allied Defense Group Raycom Media, Inc. has purchased Camera Status Display and Color LCD produces video from live sporting and Inc. has successfully completed an DVCPRO P2 camcorders and drives Sidepanel display--so the shooter performance events on-site. At each unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight valued at more than $2.2 million. always knows how much runtime the event, multiple GY-HD100U camcord- demonstration of a HD video wireless Raycom announced its decision to con- battery has left.