RED announced yesterday on RedUser.net that their modular data management solution called “RED Station” wold be shipping on April 14th.  According to Fire Chief Jarred Land,

“The RED MAG 2.5″, RED CF, and BASE STATION are priced at $250 per module and $250 per Base.  Each Module can be used independently or linked together as a system, using E-SATA, FIREWIRE 800/400 or USB2.0. Base Module provides power to the entire stack so you dont need to have power cords going to each module for E-SATA operation.  2.5″ RED MAG accepts bare 2.5″ SSD and Spinning hard drives for offloading and you can mix and match up to 3 modules per base station.”

Pretty cool.

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April 7th, 2010

Control the Creative - Empower Your Pipeline

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Learn how you can use Autodesk® Smoke® for Mac OS® X to keep entire creative projects in house.

In this session, we will show you how to unleash your creative potential and grow your business by adding Smoke’s powerful toolset to your workflow. We will demonstrate Smoke’s end–to-end workflow and the advantages of an integrated finishing suite.

Moving easily between conform and visual effects in a single application we will show how Smoke empowers artists by leveraging industry leading tools. You will also see Smoke’s true 3-D compositing environment and how it allows you to build on your existing creative cut.

The session will close with an interactive Q&A.

Date and Time: April 7th, 2010 at 11:00am PST

Deadline to Register: April 6th 2010

Location: On-line

Presenter: Dean Schirm

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Pretty cool announcement out of Grass Valley last week. . .

As of March 15, the XENA product line was merged with our award winning KONA line, to supply both PC and Mac users with a single set of cross-platform solutions.

XENA and KONA have long used the same industry-leading hardware with tailored software unique to each platform. [Read more →]

Alright, time for a little non-industry related rant.  The fact is, I need WiFi.  For business use, for personal use . . . I’m always online doing something.  I have DSL at home and a few years ago I bought an iPhone which only fueled the addiction – now I’m always online in one form or another.  While my iPhone is great, sometimes I find myself in a remote location needing online access for my MacBook Pro. . .   Enter the new MiFi hotspot from Verizon and Sprint.

Very cool concept – it’s not much bigger than my iPhone but provides WiFi access for up to 5 computers simultaneously by using Verizon or Sprints 3G network.  The reviews I’ve seen show DL speeds of up to 1.5Mb/s which isn’t bad (obviously speeds decrease as more people share the connection).  Pretty cool right?  Here’s where I start to lose it.

I have AT&T DSL at home – 6Mb/s for around $30.00 per month

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