Author Archives: Mike McCarthy

About Mike McCarthy

Mike McCarthy is a technology consultant, with extensive experience in the film post-production industry. He started posting technology info and analysis at HD4PC in 2007. He broadened his focus with TechWithMikeFirst ten years later.

NAB 2015 News and Analysis

AJA has a couple new mini-converters they are releasing, but most of their news is in the form of software updates. They have new software partners, new unified installers and… Read more »

HP Professional Display and Workstation Updates

HP has a couple of new products to show at NAB that are relevant to digital film makers. The most significant one by far, is the new UHD Dreamcolor monitor,… Read more »

Pre-NAB Product Announcements

There are all sorts of new releases across the industry that are being announced before the NAB show even begins in Vegas. While I will do a bit more research… Read more »

Small High Performance Laptops

I have been in the market for a new laptop for a long time. As much as I love my Sony Vaio Z1, it doesn’t have USB3 or DisplayPort support,… Read more »

IBC 2014 Announcements

As always, Blackmagic Design had a number of new products to announce at IBC. But their biggest news to release, was their acquisition of Eyeon Software, makers of Fusion 7. … Read more »

New HP Workstations Released

I recently had the privilege to attend HP’s press event for the release of their new product lineup, in Ft. Collins CO. I got to see all of their new… Read more »

NAB 2014 Wrap Up

Blackmagic Design had a variety of new products on display at NAB. The single most interesting one from my perspective is their new film scanner from recently acquired Cintel. Everything… Read more »

NAB 2014 First Look

I find myself in Las Vegas once again, attending my tenth NAB convention. There is no doubt that 4K and UltraHD will be the primary themes this year, with many new… Read more »

Need For Speed

In my role at Bandito Brothers, I have been working for the last year on the film Need for Speed, which releases in theaters this Friday. This has been a… Read more »

Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe finally released the much advertized “Creative Cloud” version of their applications this week. The most significant aspect of that change is that significant software updates can be released on… Read more »