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 »
Category Archives: Industry Status
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 »
NAB 2016 Wrapup
We see ourselves in a place where UHD has become pretty ubiquitous, and can be recorded and viewed on a cell phone. So the natural question is: what next? One… Read more »
GTC 2016
Last week I attended NVidia’s GTC conference in San Jose. I wrote an article about the event for Post Perspective, which can be found here: http://postperspective.com/nvidias-gtc-2016-vr-ai-and-self-driving-cars-oh-my/ Looking forward to heading to… Read more »
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 »
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 »
4K Video Over 6G-SDI Connections
We began seeing the first products supporting 6G SDI announced at NAB this year. I heard this was coming, but didn’t fully grasp the significance of it until looking around… Read more »
Act of Valor
So Act of Valor, the big project that I have been working on for the last four years, finally was released last month. It has been pretty exciting to see this… Read more »
