AValive has the hard to get Panasonic AJ-P2C032RG 32GB P2 High Performance Card for Panasonic P2 Camcorders Cards in Stock !
You may purchase them here for 1545.00
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Friday, December 21, 2007
Panasonic AJ-P2C032RG 32GB P2 High Performance Card for Panasonic P2 Camcorders Are In Stock !
AValive has the hard to get Panasonic AJ-P2C032RG 32GB P2 High Performance Card for Panasonic P2 Camcorders Cards in Stock !
You may purchase them here for 1545.00
Thanks For Looking
Thursday, December 13, 2007
AValive.com Launches Website Version 11.2
Wilmington NC: AValive announced today the total redesign of their website AValive.com. This site has is approaching 11 years of evolution on the world wide web beginning with the old AOL based websites of the Mid 1990's.
The new site hopefully will make information on the latest professional av sales and rentals easily accessible for AValive 's customers, We hope you enjoy.
The new site hopefully will make information on the latest professional av sales and rentals easily accessible for AValive 's customers, We hope you enjoy.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
AValive announces Adobe and Blackmagic Design Seminars 1-31-2008
Join AValive,Adobe and Blackmagic Design for a two-hour training session on the new
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium and Blackmagic Design Hardware
Solutions. Blackmagic Design will discuss the new Multibridge Pro and
Multibridge Eclipse capture and playback units, the Decklink and Intensity
lines of video capture cards as well as compressed and uncompressed
workflows. Adobe will discuss streamlining the capturing, editing, motion
graphics creation, compositing and rich media authoring processes using the
powerful programs in Adobe CS3 such as After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere
Pro, Encore, Flash and more.This seminar is free
Click to register: http://www.avalive.biz/registration.php
January 31, 2008
AV Alive 919-876-4510
Event time: 10:00am-12:00pm and 2:00pm-4:00pm
Location:
Courtyard Raleigh North
1041 Wake Towne Drive
Raleigh, NC 27609
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Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium and Blackmagic Design Hardware
Solutions. Blackmagic Design will discuss the new Multibridge Pro and
Multibridge Eclipse capture and playback units, the Decklink and Intensity
lines of video capture cards as well as compressed and uncompressed
workflows. Adobe will discuss streamlining the capturing, editing, motion
graphics creation, compositing and rich media authoring processes using the
powerful programs in Adobe CS3 such as After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere
Pro, Encore, Flash and more.This seminar is free
Click to register: http://www.avalive.biz/registration.php
January 31, 2008
AV Alive 919-876-4510
Event time: 10:00am-12:00pm and 2:00pm-4:00pm
Location:
Courtyard Raleigh North
1041 Wake Towne Drive
Raleigh, NC 27609
View Larger Map
Monday, December 10, 2007
Panasonic AG-HSC1U Review
AValive carries this great camera here: AValive.com
At last April's NAB, Panasonic introduced what it calls “the world's smallest professional 3CCD high-definition camcorder,” the 1.1lb. AG-HSC1U. This miniature HD camcorder, about the size of a lens handgrip on a full-sized 2/3in. camcorder, is about as small as a camcorder can get, hardly wider than its lens diameter or longer than its 16:9 flip-out display.
But that's only half of what captured my attention at first. Three other outstanding features leapt out too: remarkable industrial design, an inviting user interface, and flash-based tapelessness. Not just any tapelessness, mind you, but long-GOP MPEG-4 — this being Panasonic, after all, champion of intraframe DVCPRO HD and AVC-Intra — captured to a single-slotted SD card, the postage-stamp-sized memory popular in digital still cameras and cell phones.
As if James Bond miniaturization and no moving parts weren't enough, there's more: uncompressed HDMI output as an alternative to USB video file transfer. A battery-powered SD card reader with a 40GB hard drive that stores the contents of 10 4GB SD cards in the field. A list price of $2,099, which implies online street prices of less than $2,000.
All this sounds too good to be true, but for once, it isn't. While there are significant caveats, which I'll describe below, the bottom line is that this cute, friendly HD camcorder is a great second camera.
Years ago when many of us shot more 16mm than we do now, it was common to augment your Arriflex 16 SR or Aaton kit with a wind-up Bolex. Many indelible, off-the-cuff documentary moments — seen from the window of a traveling automobile, for instance — which would otherwise have been lost because the main camera was packed away, were instead “grabbed” because a compact Bolex was at hand. Bolex cutaways always blended seamlessly.
The HSC1U nicely steps into this role. It's not a main camera or an ‘A’ camera, and it wouldn't pretend to be. There's no viewfinder. No headphone jack despite an external mic mini jack, and limited audio control. The beauty of the HSC1U lies elsewhere: Tape it to a hockey stick for a puck's point-of-view. Place it inside a jar being opened; slide it down a drainpipe; bolt it to a skateboarder's helmet; set it on the ground for a rat's-eye perspective 1.5in. high. When you're done, slip it in the pocket of your Schott motorcycle jacket, as I did.
The HSC1U's sleek, symmetrical design is so minimalist, so 21st-century, I'd nominate it for The Museum of Modern Art's design collection. The recording start/stop button and mode selection dial at the rear are coaxial with the barrel of the body and the lens, suggesting a bullet shape. An artful concept, it pleases the eye and feels solid to the hand. The 12X Leica Dicomar zoom, masked for 16:9 and recessed (no lens hood needed), incorporates a protective outer shutter that automatically opens and closes when the HSC1U is turned on and off. With only nine switches and buttons — LCD brightness, auto/manual, mode selection dial, zoom, still photo, recording start/stop, menu on/off, menu joystick, and trash button — it relies on its bright, sharp 16:9, 251,000-pixel flip-out LCD for both viewing and control.
With most camcorders, accessing the controls by LCD is a prescription for high blood pressure, but the HSC1U's superior design extends to its graphic user interface. That's right, a GUI, just like any other up-to-date computer — only the HSC1U uses a five-position mini joystick (up, down, right, left, center) instead of a mouse to navigate. And what a pleasure to use: The LCD controls are fast, animated, and colorful. Manual adjustment of iris, focus, shutter, white balance, and mic input levels are remarkably simple using the joystick, and there's even an information mode (marked by a small “I” in a circle) that explains how some of the functions operate.
At last April's NAB, Panasonic introduced what it calls “the world's smallest professional 3CCD high-definition camcorder,” the 1.1lb. AG-HSC1U. This miniature HD camcorder, about the size of a lens handgrip on a full-sized 2/3in. camcorder, is about as small as a camcorder can get, hardly wider than its lens diameter or longer than its 16:9 flip-out display.
But that's only half of what captured my attention at first. Three other outstanding features leapt out too: remarkable industrial design, an inviting user interface, and flash-based tapelessness. Not just any tapelessness, mind you, but long-GOP MPEG-4 — this being Panasonic, after all, champion of intraframe DVCPRO HD and AVC-Intra — captured to a single-slotted SD card, the postage-stamp-sized memory popular in digital still cameras and cell phones.
As if James Bond miniaturization and no moving parts weren't enough, there's more: uncompressed HDMI output as an alternative to USB video file transfer. A battery-powered SD card reader with a 40GB hard drive that stores the contents of 10 4GB SD cards in the field. A list price of $2,099, which implies online street prices of less than $2,000.
All this sounds too good to be true, but for once, it isn't. While there are significant caveats, which I'll describe below, the bottom line is that this cute, friendly HD camcorder is a great second camera.
Years ago when many of us shot more 16mm than we do now, it was common to augment your Arriflex 16 SR or Aaton kit with a wind-up Bolex. Many indelible, off-the-cuff documentary moments — seen from the window of a traveling automobile, for instance — which would otherwise have been lost because the main camera was packed away, were instead “grabbed” because a compact Bolex was at hand. Bolex cutaways always blended seamlessly.
The HSC1U nicely steps into this role. It's not a main camera or an ‘A’ camera, and it wouldn't pretend to be. There's no viewfinder. No headphone jack despite an external mic mini jack, and limited audio control. The beauty of the HSC1U lies elsewhere: Tape it to a hockey stick for a puck's point-of-view. Place it inside a jar being opened; slide it down a drainpipe; bolt it to a skateboarder's helmet; set it on the ground for a rat's-eye perspective 1.5in. high. When you're done, slip it in the pocket of your Schott motorcycle jacket, as I did.
The HSC1U's sleek, symmetrical design is so minimalist, so 21st-century, I'd nominate it for The Museum of Modern Art's design collection. The recording start/stop button and mode selection dial at the rear are coaxial with the barrel of the body and the lens, suggesting a bullet shape. An artful concept, it pleases the eye and feels solid to the hand. The 12X Leica Dicomar zoom, masked for 16:9 and recessed (no lens hood needed), incorporates a protective outer shutter that automatically opens and closes when the HSC1U is turned on and off. With only nine switches and buttons — LCD brightness, auto/manual, mode selection dial, zoom, still photo, recording start/stop, menu on/off, menu joystick, and trash button — it relies on its bright, sharp 16:9, 251,000-pixel flip-out LCD for both viewing and control.
With most camcorders, accessing the controls by LCD is a prescription for high blood pressure, but the HSC1U's superior design extends to its graphic user interface. That's right, a GUI, just like any other up-to-date computer — only the HSC1U uses a five-position mini joystick (up, down, right, left, center) instead of a mouse to navigate. And what a pleasure to use: The LCD controls are fast, animated, and colorful. Manual adjustment of iris, focus, shutter, white balance, and mic input levels are remarkably simple using the joystick, and there's even an information mode (marked by a small “I” in a circle) that explains how some of the functions operate.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
AValive Produces AV for Tony Hawk and ESS
AValive was chosen to produce the AV portion of the Tony Hawk and Team Birdhouse skate video premiere "The Beginning" DVD release party held at Eastern Skateboard Supply in Wilmington NC. AValive provided a 12 foot Projector Screen and 3500 Lumen LCD Projector as well as a JBL Sound system and Sennheiser Wireless Mics for the event.
Over 600 people attended the event in ESS'S new skate warehouse and AValive thanks ESS for AV Rental and Production the opportunity.
Over 600 people attended the event in ESS'S new skate warehouse and AValive thanks ESS for AV Rental and Production the opportunity.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
AValive.COM Voted Best Online Retailer "On Hold Music"
AValive.com recently was voted by their customers as having the best on hold music for any online retailer. AValive commented: While we prefer our customers to never be on hold at least when they are they are jamming with the best in modern music:
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
AValive recommends Media 100 and Apple Final Cut Combo
Find yourself stuck in Final Cut Pro when working long form with a large amount of footage ? Media 100 is the perfect pre -edit companion and works seamlessly with Apple Final Cut Studio in managing your clips as you make your edit decesions in a controlled database and editing interface. See below:
Media 100, a leading provider of advanced editing systems for the corporate, broadcast, post-production, and new media industries, today announced that Media 100 version 12.0 is now shipping. The new release adds support for progressive frame formats including realtime SD cross convert from 4:3 to 16:9 (Media 100 HD Suite), a new time code burn-in feature for all models, and deeper integration with the Boris FX product line. With version 12.0, Media 100 Editors can edit in almost any format with greater control over effect compositions including professional color correction techniques with support for 16 bit color. The Media 100 version 12.0 release can be seen at IBC 2007 on stand 7.830.
” Our engineering team has done a phenomenal job of evolving the Media 100 product family. Version 12.0 adopts emerging technologies and fully integrates with industry-standard applications and devices making Media 100 most versatile editor on the market today. With version 12.0, Media 100 customers can edit in virtually any format creating professional effects right from the Media 100 timeline. A tremendous return on investment for the thousands of Media 100 editors who receive the new release via their Media 100 Platinum Software Contract,” comments David Colantuoni, director of product management, Media 100.
Media 100 Version 12.0 Feature Highlights
• Progressive Frame Support; Media 100 HD Suite and Media 100 HDe will support: 480p, 720p 23.98 (HD Suite Only), 720p 50, 720p 59.94, 720p 60, 1080 PsF* 23.98, 1080 PsF 24, 1080p 25, 1080p 29.97, and 1080p 30. All progressive formats playback in realtime without rendering.
•Boris FX Integration; Clip effects and transitions can be applied and saved as favorites within Media100 interface. Effects can be processed in 16 bit per channel color space for maximum quality and color accuracy.
•Intel-Mac Acceleration for Effects Creation; Boris FX plug-ins take advantage of the latest Mac-Intel processors to render and optimum speeds.
Pricing and Availability
Media 100 12.0 is available today through Media 100 and the Media 100 channel. Customers holding valid Media 100 Platinum Software Agreements receive version 12.0 free of charge. Media 100 HD Suite, Media 100 HDe, and Media 100 SDe customers can purchase the Media 100 Platinum Software Agreement for $695.00 USD.
Media 100 Producer and Media 100 Producer Suite customers can upgrade to version 12.0 for 295.00 USD.
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