24 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Editing Systems
These are not all of the DV editing systems available, but most are represented here. If you know of one we didn't include, please let us know!
| Product | Platform/ Capabilities | Contact |
 Media 100 xr with HDRfx $18K, boards and software |
Mac. Media 100 xr on-line digital content creation system for the Mac includes support for component, composite, DV, SDI and S-video formats. Also comes with real time FX Option, Boris FX, Media Cleaner EZ and Video Spice Rack Pro Hardware and Software for $17,995. | Media
100 USA 290 Donald Lynch Blvd. Marlboro, MA 01752 Tel 508 460 1600 media100.com |
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NT. Here's the nearly-identical NT version of Media 100 -- the iFinish V80 streaming media production system for Windows NT. This "i" version stresses streaming video, but edits broadcast quality video, too. Includes support for component, composite, DV, SDI and S-video formats. Also comes with real time FX Option, Boris FX, Media Cleaner EZ and Video Spice Rack Pro. Real time MPEG option available as well. Hardware and software retail at $14,995. | Media
100 USA 290 Donald Lynch Blvd. Marlboro, MA 01752 Tel 508 460 1600 media100.com |
 Matrox DigiSuite DTV $12K turnkey |
NT. Offers native DV, DV50, and MPEG-2 multi-format editing with built-in support for DVD authoring. For extra punch and even more real time features, try the uncompressed Matrox DigiSuite. Here's more about the Matrox DigiSuite DTV. | Matrox
Electronic Systems 1055 St. Regis Blvd Dorval, Quebec Canada, H9P 2T4 800-361-4903 matrox.com |
 Matrox RT25000 $999, includes Premiere 6 and more. |
Win98/Win2000. Includes a DV capture card, a G400 video card, Adobe Premiere 6 and lots more. Matrox Flex 3D architecture provides broadcast-quality 3D DVE and 32-bit uncompressed animated graphics in a native DV editing environment. Includes MPEG-2 output for DVD, Video CD, and web video streaming applications, with 1394 and analog video output. New are keyframeable effects, a software update to 2.0 and lots of new transitions. Here's a review. | Matrox
Electronic Systems 1055 St. Regis Blvd Dorval, Quebec Canada, H9P 2T4 800-361-4903 matrox.com |
 Avid Xpress DV 3.0 $6300 boards/software |
NT. Coupled with IBM's Intellistation M Pro, this turnkey editing system gives you the Avid user interface starting at $6300. Features lots of effects, one-step export to Media Cleaner and 16:9 widescreen support. | Avid
Technology, Inc. Metropolitan Technology Park 1 Park West Tewksbury, MA 01876 800-949-AVID avid.com |
 FAST purple. $10K turnkey |
NT. Based on the FAST-Studio software found on "silver" (FAST's MPEG-2 nonlinear editor), it's a DV and DVCAM editing system that won't cost you an arm and a leg. Processes DV data natively. Options include purple.XL, purple.InTime and purple.Control. Now available from authorized dealers as a turn-key system. FAST emphasizes that as processor speeds rise, so will performancve of purple. And, with the newest Dual InTime accelerator, effects can be rendered faster than real time. | FAST
Multimedia U.S. 15029 Woodinville-Redmond Rd. Woodinville, WA 98072 1-800-249-FAST fastmultimedia.com |
 Pinnacle DV500 Plus $700 |
Win98/Me/NT/2000. A dual-stream, real-time editing with connectors for both analog and digital (DV/FireWire) inputs and outputs. Includes Adobe Premiere 5.1 RT for editing, Minerva Impression for CD-R & DVD authoring, Pinnacle Systems’ FreeFX and Hollywood FX Copper for 3D transitions and TitleDeko for titling. Here's more. | Pinnacle
Systems Inc. 280 North Bernardo Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043 800-474-6622 pinnaclesys.com |
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Win98/NT. Pinnacle's DV200 is a low-priced FireWire card featuring DVTools pre-production software for automatic tape scanning, batch capturing, and device control. Also includes the full version of Adobe Premiere 5.1 with Pinnacle’s miroINSTANT Video Plug-in for faster rendering. For $100 more, the DV300 includes an on-board SCSI-3 controller and Pixelan Spice Rack effects. | Pinnacle
Systems Inc. 280 North Bernardo Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043 800-474-6622 pinnaclesys.com |
 Pinnacle DC1000DV $1750 |
Win98/NT. Pinnacle's answer to FAST's 601, it's a dual stream digital video editor featuring MPEG-2 technology. Edit effects, titles and filters with no rendering. DV option available. Digital Media Net's Stephen Schleicher spent a day with it, and here's his report. | Pinnacle
Systems Inc. 280 N. Bernardo Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043 800-474-6622 pinnaclesys.com |
 dpsVelocity 3D Deluxe $6,249 |
NT. Dual-stream capture card/software package with DV option. This latest evolution of dpsVelocity features lots of real-time 3D effects, Web-friendly features and great technology. dpsVelocity-3D Deluxe NLE Bundle includes Reality Studio Digital Disk Recorder card, dpsReality software, V3DX real time 3D effects module, professional rack mountable AV breakout box, dpsVelocity software, Power CG titling software, Digital Fusion DFX, and DVD QuickBuilder. | Digital
Processing Systems Inc. 11 Spiral Dr., Suite 10 Florence, KY 41042 Phone: 859-371-5533 dps.com |
 Incite Studio 2.6 $3,495.00, enables real time 3D effects, $2,495.00 without 3D effects |
NT. Software designed to run on Matrox DigiSuite, DigiSuite LE and DigiSuite DTV hardware. Incite provides an easy to use editing interface, multiple editing modes, lots of utilities, more than 15 simultaneous real-time effects with unlimited keyframing for up 2 layers of video + 1 layer of live input video + 1 graphic layer, tools for multilayer compiling and advanced compositing, real-time titling and graphics, as well as an extensive range of options that will quickly expand your editing software into a fully equipped editing suite. | Incite
Multimedia Corporation 4 chemin du Tir-au-Canon CH-1227 CAROUGE Geneva (Switzerland) +41 - 22 / 308.57.57 inciteonline.com |
 Draco Casablanca Avio DV $1795 |
Self-Contained. Casablanca Avio DV is a proprietary digital video editing system that looks like a set-top box. It connects to a standard television or video monitor, and requires no additional computer. Broadcast quality, low price and no computer hassles -- a nice entry-level system if you don't have a computer and don't want or need to get one. Here's more. | Draco
Systems Inc. 5485 Conestoga Court Boulder, CO 80301 877-554-2846 draco.com |
 NewTek Video Toaster NT $3000 |
NT(SP4). Revived uncompressed D1 editor comes stoked with lots of apps for the one-man (person)-band on the desktop. Includes LightWave VT, Aura VT, Calibar video calibration tools, Speed Razor NLE and optional DV capturing. | NewTek
8200 IH-10 West Suite 900 San Antonio, TX 78230 210-370-8000 newtek.com |
 Canopus DVRex-M1 $2,149.95 with Premiere 5.1 |
Win98/NT. Great DV editing bundle using Sony's DVBK-1 hardware/software codec. Overcomes the 2GB file limitation. Seamless capture along with render-free, synchronization error-free audio. DVRex's high quality, real time full-screen preview and RexFX make this system a winner. | Canopus
Corporation 711 Charcot Avenue San Jose, CA 95131 408-954-4500 justedit.com |
 Canopus DVStorm $1799 |
Win98/Me/NT/2000. Here's a well-designed and value-priced DV editing system with real time features that increase in capability with the power of your computer's processor. But its Premiere drivers could use some work, and you'll need to buy a monster computer to get the most out of this new package. Offers DV and analog (S-Video and Composite video) input and output, MPEG output for DVD and Web streaming, plus a suite of digital video production tools. Here's more. | Canopus Corporation 711 Charcot Avenue San Jose, CA 95131 408-954-4500 justedit.com |
 Canopus DVRaptor $424 w/Adobe
Premiere 5.1 |
Win98/NT. A DV and i.LINK card that links your DV camera to your PC. Capture your DV footage through the i.LINK connection while simultaneously viewing full motion video on your computer display and video monitor. Also includes TitleMotion, Adobe Premiere and Boris FX for video editing and effects. With seamless capture the DVRaptor will fill up your AV hard drives with video, spanning multiple volumes. | Canopus
Corporation 711 Charcot Avenue San Jose, CA 95131 408-954-4500 justedit.com |
 ProMax 850DP DVRexRT Studio $9k |
Win 2000. A turnkey FireWire DV system bundled by the California company that won’t let you buy a system that doesn’t work. Includes Intel PIII Dual 850 MHz, Windows 2000, Canopus DVRexRT and Xplode 3D video accelerator. Best of all, includes a year of free support for the whole system with no finger-pointing to other vendors. | ProMax
Systems 16 Technology Drive Suite 106 Irvine, CA 92618 800-977-6629 promax.com |
 Apple Final Cut Pro 2 $999 |
Mac Only. Designed by Premiere creator Randy Ubillos, Final Cut combines video editing, compositing and special effects in a great looking interface. The most exciting news of all is Matrox's RTMac, hardware acceleration that finally adds real time features to Final Cut. Here's a review. | Apple
Computer, Inc. 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 408-996-1010 apple.com |
 in:sync Speed Razor 2000 (pricing depends on video system) |
Win2000. Fully multithreaded, nonlinear video editing and compositing software that delivers full screen D1 uncompressed quality video, fully field rendered NTSC or PAL. It features unlimited video and audio layers, and real time audio mixing for up to 20 audio layers with DAT quality output. Works with almost all DV editing hardware, and is offered in real time dual stream or single stream configurations. Here's more. | in-sync
corporation 7920 Norfolk Avenue 7th Floor Bethesda, Maryland 20814 800 864-7272 in-sync.com |
 Digital Origin EditDV Studio 2.0 with capture card -- $425 |
Mac/Win95/98/NT/2000. Integrates editing, compositing, animation and special effects functions into a single editing environment available for the desktop. Includes MotoDV capture/playback software. Studio version comes with with IEEE 1394 Firewire card and 1394 cable, or available in a software only version. Here's more. | Digital
Origin, Inc 215 Moffett Park Drive Sunnyvale CA 94089 408-541-6100 digitalorigin.com |
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Mac/Win95/98/NT/2000. Digital Origin EditDV Unplugged provides an inexpensive way for digital camcorder owners that already have a compatible 1394 Firewire interface to learn to edit the way professionals do in the comfort of their own home or office. Same as EditDV except has less video layers, less effects layers and fewer special effects. | Digital
Origin, Inc 215 Moffett Park Drive Sunnyvale CA 94089 408-541-6100 digitalorigin.com |
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Win95/98/2000. IntroDV is a complete DV system aimed at first-time owners of DV camcorders. Features a new drag-and-drop interface and step-by-step movie production. It's been carefully crafted to eliminate complexity and instead simplify the key editing features you need. Read more about it here. | Digital
Origin, Inc 215 Moffett Park Drive Sunnyvale CA 94089 408-541-6100 digitalorigin.com |
 MovieDVsuite with 1394 card $99 |
Win98/2000. MovieDV Suite is a bundle including a 1394 card and built-from-the-ground-up editing software called MoviePack. It has lots of effects, great compositing features, the ability to integrate 3D Studio Max models with video, and a great caching/preview routine that gives you a realistic look at your composite in no time flat. Best of all, the fact that all these features are software-based means that as processors get faster, the interface can only get snappier. | AIST
GmbH Mobil Oil-Straße 31 84539 Ampfing, Germany phone: 08636-98350 fax: 08636-983522 aist.com |
 Adobe Premiere 6 PC $558, Mac $570 |
Mac/PC. The popular timeline-based editing software is able to switch between timeline-style and 3-point-style editing. Extremely popular package, most card makers scramble to be compatible with it -- notable examples would be Matrox RT2500 and DTV, Canopus cards, Pinnacle cards. | Adobe
Systems Inc. 345 Park Avenue San Jose, California 95110-2704 USA adobe.com 408-536-6000 |
