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NAB SHOW 2018

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  • Apr 20, 2018
  • 2 min read
The NAB Show (2018) is home to the world’s largest collection of vendors driving the future of media and entertainment. After visiting this years show we’ve made an personal list for the top twenty most innovative and important introductions and announcements. Aside from this list, we also made an extensive alphabetical list of interesting product announcements. (see here)

TOP 20 - Products

  1. ProRes RAW Codec by Apple

  2. DaVinci Resolve 15 by Blackmagic Design

  3. SANLink3 T1 NBase-T (10GGbE adapter, bus powered) by Promise

  4. OBM-X310 True HDR 4K Monitor by Postium

  5. Ninja V (5” ProRes RAW Recorder) by Atomos

  6. Digital CFexpress Card by ProGrade

  7. G-DRIVE Mobile Pro SSD by Western Digital

  8. AX20 Atlas FHD Field Monitor by Ikan

  9. Soundfield NT-SF1 Ambisonic Microphone by RØDE

  10. Mistika VR by SGO

  11. aiWARE [cloud-based AI] by Veritone

  12. E2 Pro Cinematic Camera by Z CAM

  13. Smooth 4 Smartphone Gimbal by Zhiyun

  14. Connect Spark Pro 4K to NDI Converter by Newtek

  15. ARwall [Experimental Demo] by ARwall

  16. Real Light (captures real-world lighting) by NCAM

  17. Titan 10K Camera by Insta360

  18. LUM-310R DCI 4K HDR Reference Production Monitor by TVLogic

  19. Pocket Cinema Camera 4K by Blackmagic Design

  20. USB Capture HDMI 4K Plus by Magewell


What Also Caught My Eye

  • Inovativ Apollo EVO | NXT Carts

  • Edelkrone MotionBOX

  • Google ZYNC [google cloud rendering solution]

  • Panavision 8K Millennium DXL2 Camera

  • PDMOVIE Live Air Wireless Follow Focus (Bluetooth)

  • Livestream Studio One [compact desktop encoder]

  • SLR Magic APO Full-Frame Cine Lenses (EF, with built in PL mount)

  • Sonnet SF3 Series RED Mini-MAG Pro Card Reader (Thunderbolt 3)

  • Visbit 8K VR Player [the all-in-one VR video service]

  • Z CAM K1 Pro Cinematic VR180 Camera [Google VR180]

  • Deity Vmic D3 Pro (with smart universal 3.5 TRRS connector)

  • ProCyc PC160 Portable Green Screen Kit [Pro Matte IV]


Next to interesting product announcements, there are a lot of interesting educational programs presented by industry leaders. A lot of these great sessions has been posted online.


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