I went to the Pinnacle launch event last night for Edition.  Things are about to get really exciting. Some of you (especially those in Europe) may be a bit familiar with what was Fast Studio DV. Edition is the next evolution of the product. Here are just a few of the features I like best:

Pinnacle's got a new weapon in it's arsenal.  It's going to be a fun summer!

Gary
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by Robert Rouveroy csc, The Hague, Holland.

There's a new factor rearing its head concerning film, storage, HDTV and other concerns.

A few days ago, a lady physicist called Lene Hau of Harvard announced she managed to stop light in a sodium compound. Sounds rather esoteric BUT, if light, normally going at 300.000 kilometers a second is stopped, it follows that it also can be modulated. Speculating, she mentioned quantum computers, CD's with TerraTerrabytes capacity, video cameras with sheer unlimited recording parameters, making continuous holographic display and transmission possible. There were many more speculations by other scientists but the above are of specific interests to us.

She hesitated calling it a miracle but implied that it (might) bypass the notion that the speed of light is a unchangeable standard. Roll over, Albert.

Imagine, DV cam with chips recording 100.000 lines...

We live in interesting times.

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Editor's P.S. Also on DV-L, Rune Hansen pointed out to an article in NY Times describing Dr. Hau's earlier work.

Nick Schlott, one of the main brains behind Premiere, today inaugurated his 2-way internet satellite system at his home in Gilroy, CA. The town, formerly known for its garlic production, will now be the center of 2-way-net-sat for the people. At least, for people like Nick.

Mind you folks, this is not your daddy's sat-down-POTS-up NetPC. This is bona-fide 2-way stuff, formerly reserved for gadzillionaires who could afford Vsat. If you are living in a rural area, and if you are sick of BackBell asking you "DSL-what?" - check out starband.com. Not quite as fast as DSL or Cable, but definitely better than that wire with the 15 loading coils in it they call a phone line.

BS