FOR-A, a manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, introduced the LTR-100HS Video Archive Recorder at the 2010 NAB Show. The new recorder supports LTO-5 technology, the latest standard in long-term, high-capacity tape storage, to provide a simple and effective archive solution.

Check out Broadcast Engineering TV’s coverage of the LTR-100HS here.

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I almost want to tell you where the yearly Miranda Technologies press conference will be held, just because company CTO Michel Proulx is so entertaining and educating. I learn more about technology and solutions at his press conferences than all the others combined. By the time the press conference was over, I better understood a range of 3-D terms: over/under, side-by-side, anaglyph, and interaxial adjustments and about a half-dozen other common 3-D labels and technology, but I digress.

As if to emphasize his company’s 3-D expertise, Proulx did a portion of his press conference using 3-D displays and 3-D Web screen captures from the Masters golf tournament. How’s that for nifty? more

Yep, you read correctly, Dolby has just released a professional reference monitor. I got a peek at the display in the Dolby booth with David Yang, marketing guru. This once audio-only company is showing the PRM-4200 LCD monitor. The monitor accurately shows true and deep black levels with higher contrast across the entire color spectrum. It offers high luminance range and level. more

I stopped by for a brief visit with Cindy Zuelsdorf, Marketing Czar at Ensemble Designs yesterday. Two items caught my eye. The first was the BrightEye 72 converter that takes a 3 Gb/s, HD or SD SDI video signal and converts it to an HDMI signal that can drive most consumer monitors. The converter allows broadcasters to use off-the shelf monitors in high-end broadcast applications.

(Check out BE TV’s coverage of the BrightEye 72 here.)

“Everyone needs an affordable way to verify closed caption data for SD and HD signals,” said Cindy Zuelsdorf, Marketing Czar at Ensemble Designs. “Just about any HDMI monitor can now be used in a station or post house and do everything an engineer needs.” BrightEye 72 also that enables users to verify 608 or 708 closed-caption content. more

Maybe you couldn’t make it to Las Vegas this year, or maybe you were stuck minding the booth. In either case, if you missed Panasonic’s press conference, you’re in luck. Panasonic has video of its conference, and you can watch it on the company’s Video Showcase page.

Panasonic Solutions Company showcased its new AG-3DA1, a professional-quality, fully integrated full-HD 3-D camcorder offering SD media card recording.

Panasonic booth (#C3712) visitors will be able to view 3-D video content shot with the 3DA1 during show hours. Also on display will be Panasonic’s recently announced BT-3DL2550, a 25in professional-quality 3-D LCD monitor for field use, and the AG-HMX100, a professional HD digital AV mixer for live 3-D event production. more

There’s a new mobile video standard coming, according to Jay Adrick, vice president of broadcast technology for Harris Corporation. At Sunday night’s press conference, Adrick revealed Harris’ latest technological innovation developed in cooperation with LG Electronics: mobile digital television delivered in Scalable Full-Channel Mobile Mode (SFCMM).

The new system enables as many as 16 different video programs to be sent in the same 6MHz bandwidth used by a TV broadcaster. SFCMM has been proposed for ATSC standardization. more

At Saturday night’s press conference, Omneon unveiled new components and enhancements across its product line and several collaborative partnerships.

“Our customers are being driven by business realities to simplify their workflows and leverage their video infrastructure more effectively in producing and distributing content,” said Geoff Stedman, senior vice president, marketing and business development at Omneon. “Supporting the production workflow in its entirety, the Omneon platform offers the best of Omneon storage and processing technology, as well as the interoperability to support the strengths of tightly integrated third-party systems. A series of enhancements to our products and ongoing work with both clients and partner vendors have contributed to the refinement of the Omneon production platform and its value in today’s demanding media workflows.” more

For Chyron, the news is about software. Michael Wellesley-Wesley, president and CEO, reviewed the company’s new graphics solutions and software today. Focusing on hyperlocal applications, Wesley illustrated his point by talking about how station KOMO-TV was applying the technology. The station has 52 neighborhoods in its hyperlocal coverage. He said that such performance capability is possible through Chyron technology and “resource recovery” provided by the company’s platforms. more

Miranda Technologies (SU2807) is showing a full line of new modular products based on the Densité platform. The platform includes many solutions, including the Densité LGK-3901. This is a modular 3Gb/s/HD/SD branding processor capable of inserting up to five independent layers of graphics. Three of the keying layers can be fed by internally stored still/animated graphics, and two are fed by external graphics devices. It also offers automated character generation, clock insertion, EAS support, and eight channel audio clip/voice-over playout.

Up to 10 of the LGK-3901 modules can be fitted in a single Densite 3 frame (3RU). The LGK-3901 modules can also be combined with a wide array of other interfacing modules. more