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Apple Unveils All New Mac Mini

Sueanne Teo June 16, 2010 Gear Talk, News, Technology No Comments
Apple Unveils All New Mac Mini

Apple today unveiled a completely redesigned Mac® mini, featuring up to twice the graphics performance, a new HDMI port and a new SD card slot, all in an amazingly compact aluminum enclosure. Mac mini is the world’s most energy efficient desktop and starting at S$1,088, is the most affordable way to enjoy Mac OS® X, iLife® or Mac OS X Snow Leopard® Server.

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Apple Updates Consumer Desktop Line

Nicholas Chee March 4, 2009 Gear Talk, News No Comments
Apple Updates Consumer Desktop Line

Apple® announced updates to its iMac® and Mac® mini desktop lines, including a 24-inch iMac that is priced more affordably than ever before and a Mac mini with powerful new integrated graphics.

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DivX releases DivX 7 with H.264 encoding

Nicholas Chee February 14, 2009 Gear Talk, Tips N' Tricks No Comments
DivX releases DivX 7 with H.264 encoding

When the news about DivX aquiring MainConcept broke out sometime back in 2007, there was a major anticipation about future versions of DivX going H.264. The news is out now – Based on H.264 technology, DivX Pro 7 aims to provide everything you need for a true HD experience.  Play high definition MKV videos with high-quality AAC audio, .divx as well as .avi files.

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The AG-HMC 152: Going tapeless and lovin’ it

Benjamin Tan January 15, 2009 Gear Talk, Interviews No Comments
The AG-HMC 152: Going tapeless and lovin’ it

Panasonic’s new AG-HMC 152 looks set to replace its DVX100, adopting a full HD, tapeless workflow employing the ubiquitous SD card for its recording medium. Its makers promise the best bang for the bucks, but how well does this camera really stack up against its classic predecessors?

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DisplayPort – the HDMI killer?

Chen Junbin December 11, 2008 Gear Talk No Comments
DisplayPort – the HDMI killer?

With the war between BluRay and HD-DVD behind us, the world of HD wages yet another for the format of display, or more accurately, how the format gets transmitted within and between HD devices.

Put forth by VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association), the DisplayPort defines a license and royalty free digital audio + video interconnect that is also more eco-friendly and cheaper to implement.

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A-cam dII releases test footages

Sinema November 25, 2008 Gear Talk No Comments
A-cam dII releases test footages

We’ve previously announced the new camera (called the A-cam dII) from Ikonoscop, and the company has now released test footages shot using the dII, and its looking pretty stunning!

Click on the links below to download the footages, which were shot in semi-controlled environments and were converted from DNG file sequences to Quicktime movie files.

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Apple updates FCP, Color, Compressor & Shake

Sinema November 22, 2008 Gear Talk No Comments
Apple updates FCP, Color, Compressor & Shake

Apple has released the Pro Applications Update for users of Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio, so read on for a brief summary of the new updates straight from the release notes.

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1080p at 250mb/s – Introducing the Ikonoskop A-Cam dII

Sinema October 10, 2008 Gear Talk No Comments
1080p at 250mb/s – Introducing the Ikonoskop A-Cam dII

In the tradition of Scandinavian’s minimalistic design with great function, Swedish company Ikonoskop created the A-cam dII, a tiny full-HD camera with functionality that puts the big boys of the industry to shame.

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Apple’s September pickings

Sinema September 17, 2008 Gear Talk No Comments
Apple’s September pickings

Here’s a quick summary of Apple’s September offerings, just in case you’ve missed them. This is of course limited to downloads relating to video/film production, instead of the snazzy new iPods they’ve just rolled out in seemingly every colour possible. Fret not if you are running on Windows instead of OSX as all of these are also available for the Windows users.

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