This week’s episode is all about NAB 2008 and the announcements there. First up is all the news from Red Digital Cinema. They announced three, yes, three new devices this week. First up is the Epic 5K camera. No we arent’ talking kilometers. This is a full 5000 pixels in just the height on that resolution. Next up is the Red Ray device. It will read just about any format you put on it’s discs. Lastly from Red is the Scarlet camera. It does 3k resolution and is highly portable and will be great for the prosumer or podcaster out there.

Next is AJA. They anounced a driver update for the Kona cards that allows it to work with Red’s codecs and will allow for tighter integration into Final Cut Studio.

GridIron software released Flow to the world. It is a workflow management software.

Canon released two new cameras, the XL H1S and the XL H1A.

Sony released the EX3 and showed off it’s new 32 GB SxS card.

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Apple announced today that it will not be attending the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in 2008. They cited lower attendance for the move and that they have found better and more cost effective ways of reaching their core clients, namely their Apple branded retail stores. This comes as two knocks against the NAB conference as Avid also announced that they would not be attending this year as well.

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