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...is very lightweight (1kg) 80W RGBAW LED strip 5m long designed for professional lighting applications. It impresses with a very good color accuracy of CRI 99 and TLCI 98, high density LED elements for uniform illumination, waterproof construction (IP68) and wide wired/wireless control options incl. Bluetooth/AirGlu/Wi-Fi/DMX. The arrival of the solar dragon is expected in early summer!

In addition to two new software licenses (the previously announced keying plug-in AW-SF400 for the Media Production Suite and a software console AV-SF10 for AV-HSW10 overhead ), Panasonic also introduced a new 4K PTZ camera at NAB 2024 AW-UE30. This more affordable addition to the brand's family of Ultra HD installation cameras will offer support for up to 4Kp30 video, a wide-angle lens with 20x optical zoom, and both IP and USB outputs. On sale from Q3/2024.

Blackmagic Design have expanded the ATEM Constellation family of professional overheads with two new models: ATEM 1 M/E Constellation 4K a ATEM 2 M/E Constellation 4Kwhich are 4K variants of the popular, eponymous HD variants. They offer up to 20x 12G-SDI inputs and traditional DVE, multiview, SuperSource or ATEM Advanced Chroma Keyer features, and are on sale now. The third generation monitors are scheduled for release in May and June respectively SmartView 4K a Audio Monitor 12G, newly offering IP video SMPTE-2110 inputs.

DJI introducing the DJI Power 1000 portable power station with a 1024Wh battery and up to 2200W of output power for seamlessly powering and charging field technology including cameras, monitors, computers, DJI drones (using optional cabling, depending on type), etc. Also on sale is a certified Zignes 120W solar panel allowing independent operation of appliances in isolated locations. Already on sale!

Grass Valley at NAB 2024 launched a new update for EDIUS 11version 11.11.14138, which further increases the speed of the program (this time mainly the responsiveness of the user interface, including timeline work, handling multiple files in Mync, etc.), as well as extending support for the Sony BURANO camera, increasing compatibility with the MXF format and fixing a number of bugs. The new version is available for download at edius.net/edius_download.html.

A number of discounted promotions are also being offered to mark NAB 2024, including a reduced price on the captioner VisDOM VisTitle 3 (until April 26), a discounted acon Digital audio plug-in license upgrade (until 31 May), and finally a discounted upgrade of the effects suite ProDAD Vitascene V5 Pro (until 31 May)...