Posts Tagged ‘SmallHD’

NAB 2011 Recap

So when I got on the plane to return to Boston after several days in Vegas and at NAB, I had this sinking feeling that I had missed a lot of things and people that I wanted to see.  I’m not sure if it was mis-management of my time, my hurting back or the constant beckoning of the blackjack tables, but I definitely wanted to do more in my time at NAB.  Oh well.  It was still a great trip and I saw cool things and cool people, and I already can’t wait for next year.

So here’s the highlights of this year’s show: Read more…

It’s small, it’s HD!

So back in April I wrote my recap of attending my first NAB conference.  I discussed how one of the items I was checking out to buy was a new HD field monitor.  I wanted something to work with my 7D (which I was starting to use more then) and my EX-1 (as well as any other camera going forward).  I was most interested in the existing Marshall 7″ offering, the prototype Marshall 5″ and the SmallHD DP-6.  I settled on the SmallHD and soon after returning from NAB, pre-ordered one.  The big selling point for me (other than image quality) was that the DP6 would have HDMI, Component AND HD-SDI inputs.  Neither of the Marshall monitors had that.  This meant it would work with any camera out there, which was a huge plus.  They “guaranteed” that we would have the monitor 75 days after purchase.  That was fine; I wasn’t in a huge rush. Read more…