Serious Magic/HVX

Spot|DSE wrote on 4/24/2006, 8:33 AM
Serious Magic DV Rack Offers HD Support for the Panasonic AG-HVX200


April 24, 2006 (Las Vegas, NV) Booth # SU636 - Serious Magic, Inc. announced today that DV Rack, the company's powerful direct-to-disk video recording and monitoring software, will support the Panasonic AG-HVX200, the world's first hand-held high definition solid-state memory camcorder.

"DV Rack records direct-to-disk eliminating the need to swap P2 cards while shooting," said Karl Soule, product manager for DV Rack. "Because DV Rack monitors video and audio signal quality in real-time for either 1080i or 720p video, a PC or laptop connected to the HVX200 will enable users to obtain the best quality footage while saving time by identifying and correcting lighting, video, audio and continuity problems while on location."

DV Rack enables users to instantly review a clip, scrub to any frame, zoom in, check levels, see audio peaks, and compare shots in a split screen and more - all without wasting time and head-wear searching tape. Recent enhancements to the software include expanded timecode support for slave recorded clips in the QuickTime and AVI formats. A keyboard shortcut has been added to zoom into a 1:1 aspect ratio of the Field Monitor providing line-for-line accuracy. This provides ideal resolution for critical focus when working with high definition. The new Flip Mode feature allows the image in the Field Monitor (and the signal in the Waveform Monitor) to be flipped horizontally, vertically, or in both dimensions. This support is particularly valuable to videographers using 35mm lens adapters such as the Redrock M2.

Availability
DV Rack support for the HVX200 will be available in early summer for $199.95 (MSRP).

About Serious Magic, Inc.
Serious Magic, Inc. was founded in early 2001 by a team of industry veterans to create the next generation of visual communication tools. Award-winning products include Visual Communicator 2, Ovation, Vlog It!, ULTRA, and DV Rack. The name Serious Magic was inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's observation:
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." For more information, please visit www.seriousmagic.com.
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Comments

BrianStanding wrote on 4/24/2006, 11:49 AM
That's pretty significant. Sounds like a much better option than all those 4-minute capacity P2 cards.
apit34356 wrote on 4/24/2006, 12:17 PM
this was expected from Serious Magic. And its a big deal for HVX owners, maybe DSE will test run the DV rack with HVX. Serious Magic is a good company. Unfortunely, its seems the keying issue remains pretty much the same problem with the HVX. Maybe, Ulta2+ will have a solution, tho that maybe like putting a live man on Mars! I think the HVX will be old news, very old news, real soon.
Spot|DSE wrote on 4/24/2006, 5:51 PM
It's a significantly better solution than the P2 cards, and currently can't key with it in Ultra 2 unless it's converted to Raylight, which is indeed supported by Ultra 2.