Computer Video
Magazine Contents - May
2004
Opening scream
The Ed heralds the arrival of PC content on living room TV sets,
and the future of digital media in the home
News
Video Forum 2004, highlights from this year's video hive of activity;
task-centric Roxio Creator 7; Apple GarageBand additions; Cut-price
Canon cams; MaxiVista desktop spanning via network protocol; affordable
rostrum camera software
Next issue
What's coming in CV next month
Back issues and
reprints
How to get hold of past articles and back issues
Updates
Greater DV support in Matrox Xtreme Pro; Pioneer's quieter burner;
Wacom multi-tablet support
Help on the net
The quick and easy way to solve your video editing problems and
get help with buying decisions
Help & letters
Advice on buying decisions, fixing problems and getting decent service
from suppliers, plus your comments about the magazine and much more
Reviews:
Canon MVX3i
Two-megapixel MiniDV camcorder, £949
CyberLink PowerProducer
2.0
DVD authoring software for Windows, £30
Magix Movies
on CD & DVD 2.0
Windows budget video editing and DVD creation software, £30
PureMotion EditStudio
4
Video editing software for Windows, £59 - £139
Shining CitiDisk
DV
Portable, battery-powered DV-to-hard disk recorder, £384
Ulead DVD Workshop
2
DVD authoring software for Windows, £300 (£130 upgrade)
Wacom Graphire
3 Studio XL
USB pen/mouse input device with video/image editing software, £180
Cover story:
Pinnacle ShowCenter
Media playback system giving living room access to stills, music
and video on networked Windows PCs, £199
Bits and Bobs
OneClick intelligent trailing power extensions; SilenX ultra-quiet
PSU and fan systems
Glossary
A two-page jargon-buster to help you know your MPEGs from your M-JPEGs
DVdoctor
Video analyst John Ferrick of DVdoctor expects software to become
ever cheaper, but warns that this needs to be matched with higher quality
and reliability
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