I’ve just posted one of the longest reviews I’ve produced to date, this time looking at a bunch of HDMI monitors from Marshall & SmallHD.

Read the review & comment

It’s been pretty quiet on the gear reviewing front lately but that’s all about to change so I thought I’d give you a quick heads up about some reviews that I’m going to be doing over the next couple of weeks.

Glidetrack Hybrid Slider System

I got my hands on one of Glidetrack’s new Hybrid Slider Systems last week and have completed my review on that. Because it was a pre-production model I’m just waiting on a few more bit’s of info from Glidetrack before posting the review. The new Hybrid system is a big leap forward and I’m looking forward to sharing more on that with you.

Update: Click here to see the review

Shoot35 CINEbox

Shoot35 have sent me one of their new CINEbox Matte Boxes to review, I’m hoping to get that online this coming weekend. As yet I’ve refrained from opening the box due to some work deadlines – how’s that for will power!

Update: Click here to see the review

Marshall Monitors

I’m also going to be taking a look at Marshalls new 5″ LCD Monitor aimed at DSLR users as well as their higher end 651STX model and seeing how they stack up against the SmallHD DP6 that I’ve been using recently.

Update: Click here to see the review

So lot’s of cool stuff for the gear heads coming soon! If you would like me to try anything specific with this kit whilst I’m reviewing it then just leave a comment.

I’ve been using Adobe’s Premiere Pro CS5 a lot recently and the app is starting to grow on me, so much so that I’ve decided to invest in a new graphics card that should be able to to provide GPU processing for the Mercury Playback Engine. If all this sounds like gobbledygook then read my explanation here.

I’ve decided to go for one of the new Nvidia Quadro 4000 cards for the mac. These cards are listed on the UK apple store for £799. I’ve been in contact with Jigsaw systems in the UK who I purchase a lot of my kit from and they have offered a price of £726 for a (brown box) version of the card which is basically the same product without the flashy packaging.

I’ve spoken to my account manager at Jigsaw and he’s prepared to offer the same price to any readers of my blog so if you’re interested in buying one call Tim Bridger on +44 (0) 115 916 55 36 and tell him you’ve seen the price here.

The card is expected to arrive around Dec 17th and I’ll be writing a full review once I have it installed.