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3D Blu-ray Disc standard outlined

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The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) released the completed specification for 3D on Blu-ray Disc on December 17th.
The specification includes full 1080p resolution and backward compatibility for 3D players and 3D Blu-ray Discs - this means that the standard Blu-ray Disc titles will play in new 3D players, and new 3D discs will play in current players. Encoding will be in a new MVC codec - an extension to the existing AVC codec.

We expect much more news on "3D to the home" in early January when the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Sonic BD PowerStation

Sonic introduces the all-in-one BD Powerstation. A complete bundle of Sonic CineVision MPEG2 and VC1 encoder, DVDit Pro HD authoring software and Sonic QC for quality check. All-in-one and very affordable. Runs perfectly on Intel-based HP and Macs (Win XP).

Read all about it in the pdf

specialoffer

During January we offer a special bundle of BD PowerStation together with the perfect Minnetonka Dolby Digital 5.1 encoder for Windows. Normal bundle price € 2.419 - during January just € 1.950 ex VAT.

Content Agent 2.5 ships

Content Agent, by Root6, is the field-proven solution for the automated capture, transcoding and distribution of digital media files. Just before IBC Content Agent version 2.5 is released with many new features - among them automatic DVD and now Blu-ray Disc production, real-time capture in multiple codecs simultaneous, support for Rimage duplicators and RED workflow support.

Content Agent offers a node-based user-interface with very easy to use of complex encoding steps. With the new decision node the user can let the system decide what to do based on the actual content.

During IBC version 3.0 will be on demo with automatic QC, integration with Telestream Episode Engine, clustering support and job distribution. Come see Content Agent at booth 7.C10

AJA ships IO Express

Portable Audio and Video I/O Device Ideal for File-Based Workflows

AJA Video Systems today released Io Express, a highly portable audio and video I/O device that’s designed for the latest file-based workflows. AJA will be demonstrating Io Express September 11-15 at IBC 2009 in Hall 7, Stand F-11 at the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam. Io Express is an ideal Mac or PC interface for video professionals looking for an inexpensive monitoring and mastering solution when working with Apple ProRes 422 and Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), XDCAM HD, DVCPRO HD and more. Io Express bridges the computer and video worlds, providing professional I/O options to laptops such as the Apple MacBook Pro or to desktops such as the Apple Mac Pro or HP workstations.

Snow Leopard is here

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Apple just released their new operating system - Snow Leopard - with many improvements. We know you want to rush in and upgrade, but please hold off a little while until your applications are approved for Snow Leopard. We expect that most applications will need a small upgrade. The following are already available

Driver updates for AJA KONA hardware are available here
All Boris products are ready to be used with Snow Leopard - updates can be downloaded from this link