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Apr
6
Intel i7 3820 released, spiritual successor to i7 920; Ivy Bridge delayed until June
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 4/06/2012 11:57 AM
The Lord giveth and the Lord hath taken away: Intel has quietly released the Sandy Bridge-E Core i7 3820, a quad-core, mid-range, socket LGA2011 part that’s the spiritual successor to the i7 920 and 930 — but according to a report from Digitimes, mass roll out of Ivy Bridge has been postponed until summer. Read More
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Apr
5
Matrox Releases Highly-Tuned I/O Device Drivers for Adobe CS5.5
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 4/05/2012 2:16 PM
Matrox Video Products Group today announced the most amazing Matrox I/O drivers yet for Adobe Creative Suite. Windows release 6.1 and Mac OS release 2.5 for the Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices and the Mojito MAX card provide Adobe CS5.5 support optimized for the latest multicore, high-performance systems. Read More
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Feb
29
Videoguys DIY9 March Update
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 2/29/2012 2:12 PM
March 2012 update with 3 recommended builds! You can mix & match components between the two DIY9 P9X79 builds (Hot Rod vs Videoguys' Choice). For those on a tight budget our DIY8 Sandy Bridge system based on the P8Z68 and i7 2600K processor is a fine choice. For our Videoguys' Choice DIY9 system we tried to get as close to $2K as possible for our system, but we went over. Read More
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Feb
16
Matrox Announces Support for Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 Broadcast Monitoring Now Available
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 2/16/2012 4:08 PM
Beta release 3.0.1 for Matrox MXO2 I/O devices and the new Matrox Mojito MAX card is now available on our user forum. This software update adds broadcast monitoring support with the recent Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 update. Broadcast monitoring in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 allows video and audio output to a variety of external monitors and other equipment using the SDI, HDMI or analog video outputs from Matrox products Read More
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Nov
16
How the $300 Mini Hackintosh turned into a $750 beast
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 11/16/2011 9:50 AM
I was in New York City for a Samsung event focused on SSDs and gaming on PCs last month. There wasn’t much in the way of new information, but Samsung gave me one of their SATA III 256GB 830 SSDs to try out. These are within a few bytes per second of the fastest SATA3 SSDs money can buy, so I was pretty excited to get home and throw it in a Mac. Read More
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Oct
19
Videoguys DIY NLE Workstation philosophy and DIY9 thoughts
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 10/19/2011 12:54 PM
We're getting a lot of calls and questions about our latest DIY recommendations - and requests for a DIY9 build! We've also been participating in some very hot discussions an the Adobe and COW forums about this. I wanted to put this article together to give some insight into why we pick the components we do and what our overall DIY NLE workstation philosophy is.

The bottom line is this. You need a balanced system for best results. Too much of one area at the expense of another hurts perform Read More

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Oct
5
Diving into NVIDIA GPU’s and what they mean for Premiere Pro
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 10/05/2011 9:53 AM
Trying to quantify the GPU in a Premiere Pro…For the editing and pro community, it is a big deal. It is something that I’ve wanted to do for some time, but I had no idea how complicated and time consuming this would be! I went into this endeavor thinking that I would clearly delineate between different Quadro level cards and along the way understand what each one offered in the way of performance. I was methodical in setting up my system and in trying to create real-world tests that would e Read More
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Sept
27
End of September specials and new articles at Videoguys.com
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 9/27/2011 10:08 AM
Videoguys' Updated Articles, Guides & Fall Specials!!
  • Videoguys' Thoughts on FCP X 10.0.1 - Apple's First Update to FCPX
  • Updated Videoguys' System Recommendations
  • Add Class On Demand Training for Just $1.00
  • Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started in Video Editing
  • Azden Fall Rebate Program
  • Time is running out for Crossgrades Read More
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    • Sept
    15
    Intel Core i7-3960X (Sandy Bridge-E) And X79 Platform Preview
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    		 9/15/2011 2:35 PM
    It's always interesting to get hands-on time with unreleased hardware. We were recently able to benchmark Intel's upcoming Core i7-3960X CPU, comparing it to Core i7-990X, Core i7-2600K, and AMD's Phenom II X6. Will you be in line for Sandy Bridge-E? Read More
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    Sept
    2
    Videoguys' Customer Documenting his DIY Experience for Church Video
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    		 9/02/2011 9:15 AM
    We love it when we hear that Videoguys' customers have been able to make good use of the information we provide. Here is one such story from Craig Mashburn at the Southwest Church of Christ in Amarillo, Texas who is using our DIY8 project as his guideline for a new editing workstation. Cris is the person responsible for the church's technology, audio and video and I am looking forward to reading his upcoming posts on how his system upgrade is going. Read More
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    Jun
    28
    Adobe Premiere Export using Squeeze
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    		 6/28/2011 3:50 PM
    New to Squeeze 7 is the Adobe Premiere export plug-in. This will work with Adobe Premiere CS4 and CS5. Note: Currently the Premiere Squeeze plug-in does not work on Mac. Also custom presets do not appear in the list of preset options. These issues will be fixed in an update soon.

    To export from Adobe CS4 or CS5 please follow these steps:

    1 - Select a sequence Read More

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    Jun
    28
    AJA Provides Enhanced Support of Adobe CS5.5 for Mac and Windows
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    		 6/28/2011 2:31 PM
    AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, today released two new software updates that add support for Adobe CS5.5 to AJA’s Io Express and KONA family of products for both Mac and Windows customers. The software updates, AJA Windows Software 5.5 and AJA Mac Plugins for Adobe 9.0.1 bring added support for Adobe CS5.5 and dramatically improve AJA software performance with the Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5. Read More
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    May
    4
    Thunderbolt And Lightning (Speeds)
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    		 5/04/2011 10:50 AM
    One of the biggest topics at NAB 2011 was the arrival of Thunderbolt, a new I/O technology that offers lightning fast data transfers when working with high-resolution displays and/or data devices through a single port and cable. At the present time, Thunderbolt is only available on the latest MacBook Pro (as well as the just announced iMac), which brings dual and quad Core processors and high performance graphics. Because of the simplicity and super speed of Thunderbolt, you’ll now be able to e Read More
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    May
    2
    DIY Update: Sandy Bridge Not Recommended by Videoguys
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    		 5/02/2011 9:34 AM
    As you know Videoguys.com has been publishing DIY guides and system recommendation pages for years. We always make sure the latest version of Avid or Adobe Production Premium runs great on it. We are asked constantly about Sandy Bridge and if we recommend it. As of today we do NOT recommend Sandy Bridge for high end NLE workstations. We feel that if you need a new machine today, your best solution is to stick with an X58 based machine like our DIY8 build. Read More
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    Apr
    7
    Video compression
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    		 4/07/2011 11:57 AM
    Broadcasters have a range of choices when it comes to signal compression solutions. For advanced, professional-grade compression, MPEG-2, H.264 and JPEG 2000 are all viable options. Ultimately, network infrastructure, bandwidth requirements and budget all help to define the “right” choice for a broadcaster. MPEG-2 and H.264 are strong options for compression for next-generation multimedia applications. Read More
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