Videoguys NAB 2008 Report
The feelings around this year’s NAB Show were of apprehension, tension and excitement. With the announcements that first Avid, and then Apple had pulled out of the show, no one was really quite sure what to expect. When we hit the show floor on Monday it was a bit disorienting. No longer was Avid the first booth you saw in the South Hall, and nowhere to be seen where all the folks scurrying around the Apple booth. Instead, the show had a more open and even flow to it. While the traffic was definitely down from prior years, the general mood was up, and the quality of the attendees was what counted most. The folks who came to NAB2008 came for business, and they knew what they were looking for - Improved HD workflows, higher performance, top quality products and as much bang for the buck as they could find. As you will see from our report - NAB2008 was not a disappoint. read more…

Videoguys NAB 2008 Report
Learn about all the great new video editing and production gear and technologies introduced at this year show. 

Videoguys Top 10 Product Awards
We’ve been handing out our Top 10 award for over a decade. Find out what makes this years winning products so special

Videoguys' DIY6: Quad Core NLE Workstation
Check out our hands on guide to building your own Quad-Core video editing workstation. It’s affordable and easier then you think!

Everything you Need to Know to get Started in Video Editing
Learn about the various video formats and what you need to edit and produce for DVD, web, YouTube, Blu-Ray and more! 

Videoguys' System recommendations for Video Editing
This article brings you up to date on all the latest technology and gives you expert advice on what works and what you need to avoid. Reading this article will save you time and money!

A Whole New Way of Thinking from Avid...
Means A Better Way of Editing for YOU!

with NEW Lower Pricing on Avid Media Composer!

Avid Media Composer is the editing software that started it all - real-time, multi-format editing plus all the creative tools, media management, and true facility-wide collaboration that makes Media Composer the application used to create the more of the world's films, TV shows and commercials than any other system!

Now Avid has made Media Composer more affordable than ever by cutting the price in half and positioning it as the flagship editing solution from Avid.

G-Tech G-Raid2
Professional FireWire Storage Solution

G-Raid2 features a new triple interface design with FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 connectivity. G-Raid2 is now available in storage capacities up to an amazing 2000 GB in the same compact form factor.

The G-Raid2 builds on the original G-Raid design by incorporating the latest and greatest disk storage technology currently available – 7200 RPM SATA II hard drives each with up to 16MB of cache and the new Oxford 924 bridge chipset.

Lowest Prices G-RAID 2 EVER!
500GB only $329.95

Amazing Value! 1,000 GB for Under $500! 1TB only $449.95

NEW LOW PRICE! - 1.5 TB (1,500 GB)
$649.95

G-Tech G-SPEEDes with RAID Controller
eSATA Protected Storage Solution for SD and HD Editing

Specifically designed for professional content creation applications, G-SPEED eS features a high-speed 3Gbit/sec eSATA interface and provides RAID 5 data protection when used in conjunction with the optional G-Tech PCI Express (PCIe) RAID controller. G-SPEED eS supports multi-stream video editing workflows on Mac Pro and Windows workstations at an unprecedented low cost per TB. G-SPEED eS supports the latest and greatest professional video editing systems from AJA, Avid, Blackmagic Design and more. Our testing lab is stocked with all the latest gear to ensure full compatibility. When used with the G-Tech RAID controller, G-SPEED eS can easily be configured as a RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 or as a JBOD. This flexibility enables the system to be tuned to the required level of performance and fault-tolerance necessary to support your application. G-SPEED eS can also be set up as a software RAID or JBOD when used with third party port multiplier aware eSATA host adapters.

In Stock! Supplies are limited Order TODAY!	G-Speed eS 2TB with PCIe RAID Controller $1,299.00
G-Speed eS 3TB with PCIe RAID Controller $1,799.00	G-Speed eS 4TB with PCIe RAID Controller $2,699.00

Click here for G-Speed eS modules without controllers & more information

Matrox RT.X2 with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3

If you're a professional video editor concerned about getting the most from Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe CS3 Production Premium, you need Matrox RT.X2. It's ideal for corporate communicators, event video-graphers, project studios, educational facilities and digital filmmakers. Designed primarily for realtime native HDV & DV editing, Matrox RT.X2 also provides a high-quality MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame codec so you can capture other HD & SD formats using RT.X2's analog inputs & mix all types of footage on the timeline in real time.

$1,695.00

Do you own Adobe Premiere Pro CS3? If so, add Matrox RT.X2 hardware with PCIe board and pro breakout box for only...	$1,295.00
Do you own an older version of Adobe Premiere or Premiere Pro? If so, add Matrox RT.X2 hardware PLUS the software upgrade to Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 for only...	$1,495.00 Requires Adobe Premiere 6.x or Higher or Adobe Premiere Pro
Why should I upgrade to the Matrox RT.X2?

Matrox RT.X2 Production Premium Bundle
Includes the complete Adobe CS3 Production Premium PLUS Free Training DVD

How do you take Adobe CS3 Production Premium, our Top Product of 2007, and make it better? Easy – add Matrox RT.X2 to your system and experience the real-time hardware advantage. With Adobe's great new features on a powerful computer it's easy to think that you have everything you need. But, when you add Matrox RT.X2 hardware you can do it much faster, easier and better - especially with HD! Time is money and the RT.X2 will save you so much time it will easily pay for itself after just a few productions.

Now only $2,795.00

$200 Savings!

Do you own Adobe Premiere, Premiere Pro, Photoshop or After Effects? If you one any one of these programs you may upgrade to the full Matrox RT.X2 bundle with Adobe CS3 Production Premium for only...	$2,295.00
ATTN Avid Liquid & Xpress Owners: Now through Mar 31st Adobe is offering a special $500 Mail-In Rebate for Avid owners purchasing Adobe CS3 Production Premium!	$2,295.00 After $500 MIR $2,795.00 at checkout
Adobe CS3 Production Premium $500 Rebate

Matrox MXO New Version 2.1.1
Now with support for Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, After Effects CS3 , Apple Color, Motion, Skake, DVD Studio Pro, LiveType and Mac OSX Leopard – in addition to Apple Final Cut Pro

Apple Final Cut Studio 2 with Matrox MXO & FREE Class On Demand Training DVD & Bella Keyboard

Final Cut Studio 2 is the must-have upgrade to Apple's award-winning video and audio production suite. With six powerful applications, each designed specifically for editors, Final Cut Studio 2 puts everything you need in a single box.

Attention Final Cut Studio Owners: Upgrade to this bundle & save $203!	$1,395.00
Upgrade from any version of Final Cut Pro for only...	$1,575.00
Get the full version of Final Cut Studio 2 with this bundle & save $303!	$2,095.00

Adobe CS3 Production Premium with Matrox MXO with FREE Class on Demand Basic Training for Adobe CS3 Production Premium

Maximize your productivity with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium software, the total post-production solution available for both Mac and Windows. Tightly integrated, all-new versions of Adobe's world-class video, audio, and design tools take you smoothly from concept to delivery.

Upgrade from Adobe Premiere, Premiere Pro, After Effects or Photoshop to this bundle for only...	$1,995.00
Get the full version of Adobe CS3 Production Premium with this bundle!	$2,495.00 $1,995.00 After Avid Cross-grade Rebate
Adobe CS3 Production Premium $500 Rebate

The Format War is Over and the Winner is Blu-ray Disc!

Create Your Own Today...

Sony Vegas Pro 8 with FREE Contour Design Shuttle Xpress and FREE VASST Absolute Training for Sony Vegas Pro 8 Training DVDs

With an extremely powerful titling engine, multi-camera video editing tools, a complete virtual audio mixing console, an industry-leading 32-bit video signal path, and Blu-ray Disc burning technology, the Vegas Pro 8 collection is poised to be the essential high-performance professional digital nonlinear video editing application.

$499.95

FREE VASST Training DVDs Plus FREE Shuttle Xpress

Pioneer BDR-202
Blu-ray Disc Writer

The BDR-202 Blu-ray Disc/DVD/CD writer is the next generation Blu-ray Disc writer from Pioneer. This writer allows professional users to test & author high-definition Blu-ray Disc content while also delivering the ability for high-capacity data storage. The drive can read BDROM discs, read/write single layer BD-R & BD-RE discs, read DVD-ROM, and read/write most DVD and CD recordable media formats. Offering revolutionary 4x burning speed, the BDR-202 can create a full BD-R 25GB disc in around 25 minutes.

BDR202A - beige drive $429.95

BDR202B- black drive $429.95

Videoguys BDR-202 Mega Bundle

• Pioneer BDR-202 ($429.95 Value)
• Eye Scream Factory DVD Art Essentials ($29.95 Value)
• 5-pack of Verbatim BD-R 25GB ($79.95 Value)
• 1 piece of Verbatim BD-RE 25GB ($19.95 Value)

$499.95

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Video Editing page

Save $200 After Rebate on
80GB & 100GB FS-4Pro HD!

Special Offer! Buy the Focus HX-1 Mixer at Our New Low Price & Get a FREE MCSDI Media Converter!

Focus FS-4 Pro HD 80GB/100GB

FS-4Pro HD models are capable of recording in either the M2T file format as well as the unique QuickTime HDV format for Direct To Edit use with Apple Final Cut Pro. In addition to eight available DV25 DTE file formats including AVI Type 2, QuickTime, Matrox AVI and Canopus AVI, the FS-4 HD and FS-4 Pro HD are also capable of recording in the HDV M2T file format.

FS-4Pro HD 80GB with
FREE High Capacity Battery
$1,195.00
After $200 Mail In Rebate

$1,395 at checkout - rebate expires 3/31

FS-4Pro HD 100GB with
FREE High Capacity Battery
$1,495.00
After $200 Mail In Rebate

$1,695 at checkout - rebate expires 3/31

Click here for more FS-4Pro HD Field Kits and sizes

Focus Enhancements HX-1 with FREE Portable HD/SD MCSDI Media Converter

Rugged, portable, and designed to excel in today’s most demanding high-definition production environments, the brand-new HX-1 HD video switcher from Focus Enhancements not only meets the highest broadcast standards, but also provides an array of simple-to-operate features. Whether you’re conducting a live outside broadcast or shooting inside a production studio, the Focus HX-1 Portable HD Video Switcher enables you to switch seamlessly between video sources and blend high-quality digital content on the fly.

MCSDI-1 - A powerful converter in a portable package, the MCSDI-1 enables you to convert the output from any camera - including prosumer-level cameras - to professional-grade HD-SDI or SD-SDI for outstanding, broadcast-quality video.

NEW LOW PRICE $7,995.00

Includes FREE MCSDI Now through 6/30/08

Adobe Creative Suite 3
Production Premium with
FREE Class on Demand Training DVD!

Maximize your productivity with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium software, the total post-production solution available for both Mac & Windows. Move beyond SD & DVD to HD, HDV, Blu-ray Disc, & other emerging web & mobile formats so you can deliver your content to the widest possible audience.

$1,188.00 After Rebate


$1,688.00 at checkout
FREE Class On Demand Training DVD

NewTek TriCaster Pro FX
Same Great Hardware as Tricaster Pro with Virtual Sets, Integrated CG & more

The latest in the award-winning TriCaster family, TriCaster PRO FX delivers the same small footprint as TriCaster and TriCaster PRO and includes many features previously exclusive to TriCaster STUDIO. TriCaster PRO FX provides a complete portable studio which includes network style virtual sets, an integrated character generator, broader file format support, increased storage and much more.

$8,995.00

Click here to compare the TriCaster Models

Eye Scream Factory DVD Art Professional

Create eye-catching, professional DVD menus and packaging in minutes! DVD Art Professional includes 20 themes and 440 templates for DVD menus, disc labels, and packaging designs for your Mac or PC. Easily create new looks and styles by adjusting colors, changing text, or moving layers. Volume I features templates for Children, Holidays, Vacation, Weddings, Locations, and more!

$99.95

Sorenson Squeeze Suite 4.x

$399.95 After $50 Instant Rebate

Instant Rebate expires 2/29/08

Telestream Flip4Mac
WMV Studio Pro HD

With the proliferation of Windows Media in use today, Flip4Mac WMV Studio Pro HD is the ultimate toolset for the video professional - providing maximum flexibility and superior quality. Expand your viewing audience by adding true Windows Media import and export capabilities to your editing workflow, and enjoy the ultimate encoding capabilities: 2-pass, high definition and pro audio features. Flip4Mac WMV Studio Pro HD provides true Windows Media support from within Final Cut Pro and Compressor 3.

$179.95

Click here for more Telestream Products & information

Red Giant Magic Bullet Frames

Start with ordinary interlaced video, apply Magic Bullet Frames' sophisticated algorithms, and you'll get the smoother, professional de-interlaced look of 24p film. Choose between motion-adaptive and field-blended approaches, and you'll get high quality footage at high speeds, right in your editor's timeline.

• New NTSC-to-24p and De-interlacing filters assure fast, high-quality output
• Shoot on low-cost video, & get the expensive look of film
• New plug-ins now make 24p conversion possible in a variety of popular video editing applications

$199.95

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 PCIe PVE by PNY Technologies

This graphics board delivers exceptional price/performance and quality for professional applications. NVIDIA's innovative unified architecture allows the FX 1700 to dynamically allocate geometry, shading, and compute processing power to deliver optimized performance while enabling Energy Star power savings. A 512MB GDDR2 frame buffer makes the FX 1700 Microsoft Vista ready and capable of displaying the full Windows Aero user interface.

$499.95

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 PCIe by PNY Technologies

The Quadro FX 3700 professional graphics board dynamically allocates geometry, shading, pixel processing, and compute power to deliver optimized GPU performance while enabling Energy Star power savings. The reference standard for Shader Model 4.0, the Quadro FX 3700 enables next-generation, ultra-realistic, real-time OpenGL and DirectX 10 visualization applications. With two dual-link DVI connectors, the Quadro FX 3700 also offers the industry’s best image quality at resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 @ 60Hz.

$999.95

Pinnacle Studio 11 MovieBox Ultimate

Pinnacle Studio MovieBox Ultimate combines a high-speed USB 2.0 capture device with the power of Pinnacle Studio Ultimate video editing software and a suite of highly-acclaimed pro audio and video tools for professional results. The extensive range of capabilities includes compatibility with the Windows Vista operating system, HD DVD and AVCHD format editing and disc authoring, Hi-Fi audio music generation, and automatic Web publishing.

Pinnacle Studio 11 MovieBox Ultimate with FREE Pinnacle RTFX Package
$149.95

RTFX Package worth $198.98!!!

Bella EZ Keyboard Professional Series 3.0 for Avid Xpress

Now in their third generation, Bella's latest keyboards all feature USB 2.0 for high-speed connectivity to demanding devices such as iPods, flash disks and even hard drives. The Pro Series 3.0 now includes the NeoLite.

5200 for Avid Xpress
$139.95 After Mail-In-Rebate

$169.95 at checkout

Bella $30 Rebate on Avid #5200 keyboard Only
Expires 8/31/08