Sound Devices - NAB 2015
An interview from the 2015 National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas with Paul Isaacs of Sound Devices. Sound Devices is a manufacturer of portable mixers, audio and video recorders for television, feature film, and video production. In this interview Paul talks with us about a ProductionHUB Award of Excellence winner, The PIX-E Series 4K External Recorder & Monitors.
The PIX-E Recorder/Monitors come in three models, with two sizes. There are two 5- inch models, the PIX-E5H utilizes an HDMI Input and Output and records to Apple ProRes HQ. The PIX-E5 is a 5-inch 1920x1080 441 ppi monitor utilizing 3G-SDI/HDMI Inputs and Outputs and can record to Apple ProRes 4444 XQ. The third model is the PIX-E7 which has a 7-inch 1920x1200 IPS display utilizing both 3G-SDI/HDMI Inputs and Outputs and records to Apple ProRes 4444 XQ as well.
The 4K-compatible PIX-E Series are the first on-camera monitors to offer the full range of Apple ProRes codecs including the highest quality Apple ProRes 4444 XQ (Available only on the PIX-E5 and PIX-E7 models). This is a 12-bit codec designed to preserve the detail in wide dynamic range imagery captured by today's high performance digital image sensors. The PIX-E line can record 4K up to 24 fps, UHD up to 30 fps and 1080p or 720p up to 60 fps.
The PIX-E records to the affordable, super fast SpeedDrive, an industry standard mSATA drive contained within a custom-designed enclosure. The SpeedDrive, which plugs directly into the PIX-E, doubles as a USB 3.0 thumb drive for very high speed offload to any computer without the need for a special cable or drive docking station.
Two SpeedDrive options are available, a 240 GB SpeedDrive and an Enclosure-Only version that allows the user to choose and easily fit any size of mSATA drive. mSATA drives are available in sizes ranging from 128 GB to 1 TB.
Discerning cinematographers and videographers need high-resolution, color-accurate, sunlight-viewable monitoring with a wide angle of view. The PIX-E Series monitors excel in all those aspects with their IPS, 500 nit, 1920x1080 (5-inch) and 1920x1200 (7-inch) LCD displays.
The PIX-E displays feature, TapZoom, which provides instant 2x or 4x zoom to where you tap on the touchscreen. Tap again to zoom out. Once zoomed in, tap on the screen in the direction of a moving subject to keep it centered - the perfect tool for quickly checking focus when an actor lands short or overruns a mark
With the PIX-Assist Monitoring Tools & Scopes you get a wide range of features for monitoring like Waveform Monitors, Vectorscope, Histograms, TapZoom, Peaking, Zebras, False Color, Frame Markers, Four Way View, and LUTs.
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