EventDV Live

The Spring 2011 edition of EventDVLive includes features on producing sports event films, corporate meeting highlight reels, conference webcasts, and the 53rd Grammys broadcast, as well as a look inside an innovative event video sales and distribution model, a tutorial on Adobe’s Flash Live Media Encoder, and reviews of the Roland VR-5 AV Mixer and Panasonic’s shouldermount AG-HMC80.

With the addition of an HD/SD switcher with 3D stereoscopic production capabilities to its growing line of professional 3D products, Panasonic now offers a multi-camera 3D acquisition/switching with effects/recording system for under $100,000.

Features 3 2/3″ HD CCDs, full-raster 1920×1080, 4:2:2 color space, 24-bit audio, records AVC-Intra and DVCPro HD, designed for pro production

AG-HMX100 multi-format pro mixer promises multiviewer output, HD/SD-SDI embedded audio and 3D professional switching in tandem with Panasonic’s AG-3D1 pro 3D cam

Anthony Burokas | HD video mixers aren’t cheap, but they do offer amazing functionality inside compact boxes. I recently put Panasonic’s AV-HS400N through its paces during an awards ceremony. I found much to like, and a few minor issues. Overall, I came away impressed and look forward to technologies like this becoming more affordable in the years to come.