GTC 2017
I once again got the opportunity to attend NVidia’s GPU Technology Conference or GTC in San Jose last week. The event has become much more focused on AI supercomputing and… Read more »
Author Archives: Mike McCarthy
NAB 2017
I did make it to NAB this year, but haven’t had a chance to post since I got back a week ago. HDR and 360 video are where the main… Read more »
Dell Precision 7910 Tower Workstation Review
While I started out my career on Dell Precision Workstations when I was in college, I have spent the last ten years with HP Workstations under my desk. They have… Read more »
Windows ProRes Encoding
ProRes is a Quicktime codec that was first released in 2007. It uses DCT based compression to store 10bit 422 HD video data in an efficient format. It was basically Apple’s… Read more »
New Pascal based Quadro GPUs
NVidia announced a number of new professional graphic cards today, filling out their entire Quadro lineup with models based on their newest Pascal architecture. At the absolute top end, there is… Read more »
The Impact of Thunderbolt 3
It has been quite a while since Intel’s much awaited LightPeak technology was introduced to consumers, originally in the form of Apple’s Thunderbolt interface. It is now in its third… Read more »
6K Editing Hardware and Performance
In setting up the post-production “ecosystem” for 6Below, the first step was to figure out how much storage we would need, to keep all of the 6K footage online. Unlike… Read more »
6Below Editing Workflow
I have been working on a project currently titled 6Below, which is the first full length feature film to be created in the Barco Escape Format. Escape is three adjacent 2K projections, so… Read more »
Barco Escape
There are a number of proprietary theatrical formats that have been released over the last few years, to get people back into theaters, and away from their 4K BluRay players… Read more »
Welcome to the new Tech With Mike First
I am relaunching my technology site with a new brand and domain: techwithmikefirst.com. After nine years of posting my articles on HD4PC.com, it is time for a change. The identity… Read more »