Thunderbolt

Apple loan FCP.co a top of the range iMac to test. Part 2 Living with it!

A part two to our article on Apple's new 27" iMac that was very kindly loaned to us. We sum up our thoughts on the machine and come to the conclusion that there is one big problem with the iMac.

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New Pegasus R6 RAID capacity and the new VTrak A Class from Promise Technology

Promise Technology have announced a drive size update to their popular Pegasus R6 Thunderbolt RAID and they've also announced the new VTrak A-Class 'SAN in a box.'

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Testing out the Hitachi 8TB G-Raid Thunderbolt Array Drive

In the FCP.co office we were looking at storage options as our new Macs all have Thunderbolt ports. When we found out there was over 30% off the G-Technology G-Raid 8 Terabyte Thunderbolt Drive, the credit card didn't stay in the wallet for long! 

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The Promise Pegasus R4 Thunderbolt RAID user review

There has been a lot of debate on our Forum about the best RAIDs, configuration, speed, brands and so on. So it was very positive when we came across this excellent concise user review of the Promise Pegasus R4.

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The Thunderbolt storage roundup from IBC 2012

There is Thunderbolt everywhere at IBC 2012 and we thought we would look at the storage vendors that are relevant to the Final Cut Pro market and catch up on new models, new capacities, new speeds and even a skydiver dropping a unit mid dive too.

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Drobo announce their new 5D and Mini storage devices with Thunderbolt and USB3

Everybody loves Drobo, but they've been a bit quiet with new products recently and have been overtaken by other storage manufacturers. Things might change, they've just announced two new products, the 5D and the Mini.

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Apple post the Worldwide Developers Conference keynote speech online - Checkout the retina screen MacBook Pro

If like us you didn't make WWC this year, you can watch the whole of the keynote presentation from Moscone West last Monday morning right here. You still won't see any new MacPros though!

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Standby for the biggest day in video editing since Apple launched Final Cut Pro X

We're not really the site for rumours, but we can't not mention that this Monday at the World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco everybody is expecting new hardware. And yes that means new Mac Pros. (Hopefully!)

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Matrox launch the DS1 Thunderbolt docking station

Another great product that uses Thunderbolt technology. This $249 docking station from Matrox will allow you to connect your display & peripherals to any Mac with a Thunderbolt connector. MacBook Air edit kit on the road anybody?

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20 Metre and 30 Metre Optical Thunderbolt cables from Sumitomo

There is no doubt that Thunderbolt is changing our industry, but up until now long cable runs were impossible. Now you'll be able to have your Thunderbolt devices more than 3 metres apart thanks to Sumitomo.

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G-Technology ship the Thunderbolt G-RAID and announce the Thunderbolt G-Drive

Another Thunderbolt product shipping and a brand new Thunderbolt product announced at the show for G-Technology. Seems Thunderbolt is becoming the only way to connect to local storage.

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Convert your Mac Mini to an XServe, add more PCIe cards & a Thunderbolt ExpressCard reader from Sonnett

A range of clever hardware devices from Sonnett Technologies Inc. From the large 'XServed' Mac Mini to the ExpressCard reader, these boxes expand your Mac using Thunderbolt.

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The Ki Pro Quad, Ki Pro Rack and the Thunderbolt T-Tap from AJA Video Systems

Before the BlackMagic event this morning we went to the AJA Video Systems breakfast press conference. New products were announced including the Ki Pro Quad which will record 4K out of your Canon EOS C500.

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Matrox, AJA and Blackmagic all update their broadcast out drivers for FCPX

With Apple announcing improvements in broadcast monitoring with the 10.0.4 update, the three main hardware manufacturers have announced software updates too.

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Apple release the 10.0.4 update to Final Cut Pro X

***Motion & Compressor get updates***

Timed for the week before NAB, Apple have published the latest update to Final Cut Pro X, 10.0.4

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Does Thunderbolt slow down when daisy chained with an extra display?

Nick Militello, one of our readers emailed us to say he was having problems with Thunderbolt speeds when using an extra monitor in the chain. We investigate.

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Western Digital previews its 6TB My Book Thunderbolt Duo storage at MacWorld

Western Digital are the latest company to show off their new Thunderbolt products. The good news is that they have two ports so they can be daisy chained together or have data looped through.

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Gary Adcock talks sense about FCPX from the show floor at IBC 2011

We were so pleased whilst watching this video of Gary Adcock from the recent IBC 2011 show in Amsterdam. Right from the off, he gets Final Cut Pro X and his 15 minutes is well worth a view.

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CalDigit show Thunderbolt connectivity with ThunderExpress

CalDigit have announced their ThunderExpress PCIe adaptor, their first Thunderbolt product. This unit allows you to connect one of their three PCIe RAIDs to any Mac, Windows or Linux machine that has a Thunderbolt port.

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G-Technology show their monster 8TB Thunderbolt hard drive prototype at IBC

We can't believe we read a tweet this morning saying that there weren't any new Thunderbolt products on display at IBC. Maybe they didn't go past the G-Technology stand and catch sight of this 8TB monster prototype.

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