Every once in a while a new product comes out with the combination of features, usability, and price point, that the industry has been craving.  There is a great chance that Panasonic’s new AW-HS50N is one of those products. For years, churches have been asking for a small video mixer with digital inputs, an auxiliary bus, a keyer, and an affordable price. The HS50N has got all of this covered plus some extras that make it an especially desirable little piece of tech.

This dual-lamp DLP® projector gives you superior performance and reliability, with brightness, super resolution and continuous-use capability. If you’re looking for a reliable, quality solution for presenting in large, bright rooms or auditoriums, the XD8100U data projector is the answer. The XGA Projector That Accommodates Your Needs You can rely on your new XD8100U DLP projector to be just what you need, when you need it.

While shooting the videos for our church feature with Van Dyke Church, I had a chance to try out the new AJA Ki Pro. If you’re not familiar with it, here’s the short version: The Ki Pro is a field recorder that allows you to feed it just about any video signal, convert it to just about any other video signal (although standard def input is limited to component), and record to an internal hard drive cartridge in Apple’s ProRes video CODEC. Then on playback, all outputs are active at the same time...

Widely recognized as the standard in the industry, Apple’s Final Cut Studio brings high-end video production features down to a price almost any ministry can afford. By using Apple’s line of proven and reliable workstations and portable computers, almost any video format can be captured, edited, and output. Are you shooting HDV, DV, XDCAM EX, AVC-Intra, MPEG-2, or something else entirely?

As far as the quality of the footage itself, you’ll have to spend significantly more money to get any kind of noticeable improvement. And by significantly more money I mean a camera like the Panasonic HPX2000. That package will set you back well over $20,000 and will gain you a 2/3” chip for a higher quality front end but you still have to add the optional AVC-Intra card to get the same CODEC as the HPX300.

With so much interest in high definition video and using it for Image MAGnification (IMAG), you need an appropriate projection system. All projection systems should be based on an appropriate projector for you room. Notice, I said “for YOUR room.” It’s an important distinction to note that a simple list of specifications doesn’t necessarily make for the correct projector for any given installation.

Is your video ministry growing faster than you can keep up? Power and flexibility is the name of the game and the For•A HVS300HS has it in spades. Do you have a list of standard definition equipment you’re still working with but a need to replace gear as it dies?

Bringing high-quality HD production to the masses, the Panasonic AG-HPX300 features arguably the highest quality, edit-friendly codec around. AVC-Intra is a full-raster, 4:2:2, I-Frame CODEC that avoids the pitfalls of Long GOP CODECs like MPEG-2 and AVCHD. What does that mean to you?

Display Foldback (Stage Display) Custom Stage Support Your audience is first, but your stage needs support, too. While the audience sees the presentation on the main display, Display Foldback lets the stage see a custom display with the current presentation, a preview of the next scheduled item, a clock and private alerts. Customize the way the stage sees PowerPoint presentations with variable thumbnails for previous, current and next slide.

Do you need a video camera so you can document all of the cool and innovative things your church does? Need something simple you can hand to anyone to use but still gives you broadcast quality pictures? JVC has the answer for you.

With 3000 ANSI lumens and 1024x768 (XGA) resolution, the new Mitsubishi XD280 makes a fantastic projector for classroom or portable usage in your church or ministry.  Mitsubishi’s BrilliantColor™ processing allows this projector to produce a wider, richer color spectrum than many of the projectors on the market.  This gives a more natural, accurate color representation of the original material. The instant shutdown feature gives you a quick power down sequence, with virtually no waitin...

Panasonic has again revolutionized the market when it comes to projection in a House of Worship with the introduction of the new PT-D6000 series.  They are building on the acclaimed success of the PT-D5000 series by remaining true to some of the brilliant design innovations of previous models.  By incorporating some new technologies, Panasonic has created a state-of-the-art lineup which can benefit almost any church or ministry.  The PT-DZ6710U breaks into the market with a1920x12...

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 We attend church for many different reasons. Most of those center around the enrichment to our lives that worship services so often provide. However, for those who can not understand the service, either because of hearing loss or language barriers, worship services have a difficult time meeting their needs.

Bringing broadcast quality high definition to the masses, Panasonic’s new AG-HMC150 blends user friendly features and professional capabilities together in an affordable, moderately sized new camera. Because the AG-HMC150 records in the new AVCHD format, several hours of high definition video can fit onto a small and inexpensive Secure Digital card. Recording formats range from standard definition to 720p to 1080i to give you a wide range of creative options for the final look of your video prod...

The competition between flat panel manufacturers has become fierce over the last few years. It seems that the market has been flooded by consumer level, low cost, low quality, displays to the extent that it becomes difficult to sort through the quagmire and find units that will work in a church or ministry application. The industry leader for plasma flat panel displays is undoubtedly Panasonic.

When flexibility and great color are at a premium, the Mitsubishi XD2000 fits the bill perfectly. Offering motor driven lens shift, BrilliantColor technology, and a newly developed color wheel, the XD2000 with 3500 Lumens, provides churches and ministries with flexibility accuracy and brightness. The motor driven lens shift of the XD2000 allows greater flexibility of placement for the projector as it relates to the placement of the screen.

The new Panasonic PT-DW100 is a 10,000 ANSI lumen, 3-chip DLP projector that combines high brightness and reliability, with incredible picture quality. A breakthrough product on the price/performance barrier, this unit is the most affordable 3-chip DLP, 10,000 ANSI lumen projector on the market today. Providing a 1366x768 native resolution, the DW100 is perfect for those applications where computer data will be primary, while also maintaining a 16:9 aspect ratio that will work beautifully with h...

Robert Reed from Roland reviews the M-400 Digital Mixing Console, the V-8 video mixer, the VC 300 & VC 200 multi format video converter box, the R-44 field recorder and the P-10 video Play back device.

Craig Yanagi from JVC reviews the GY-HD250 and GY-HD200 cameras using Fujinon’s box lens, JVC’s MR HD200 Hard Disk recorder and Vintens System 8 Tripod.

Neil Wittering from Christie reviews the HD+30K projector, the LW600 projector, the CP2000-M DLP cinema projector and Vista’s video processing systems.