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products 48 Post • April 2014 www.postmagazine.com P LACENTIA, CA — CalDigit's (www. caldigit.com) Thunderbolt Station adds USB 3.0, audio I/O, HDMI, and Eth- ernet connectivity to a computer via dual Thunderbolt ports. Housed in a high strength aluminum body, the Thunderbolt Station is rugged and portable, making it well suited for professionals on the go. The front of the Thunderbolt Station features audio I/O and a USB 3.0 port. The back includes two additional USB 3.0 ports, two Thunderbolt ports, an HDMI port and an Ehternet port. The Thunderbolt Station is also capable of charging iOS devices, and can power the Apple SuperDrive. The updated release is also fully compatible with the official Apple keyboard. Customers who have already purchased the Thunderbolt Station can add this functionality by installing the driver update for OS X 10.9.2 from the CalDigit Website. The Thunderbolt Station itself is priced at $199. Thunderbolt Station broadens connectivity Sony shows A Series of OLED monitors P ARK RIDGE, NJ — At NAB, Sony (http://pro. sony.com) is show- ing its A Series of Trimaster EL OLED monitors. The pro- fessional displays offer wider viewing angles than previ- ous releases and color shift that has been reduced by half. Sony's OLED displays reproduce accurate blacks and colors with high dynamic range and motion response. They are designed for use by colorists and engineers. The A Series includes the BVM- E250A and BVM- E170A master moni- tors for high-end cinema and broad- cast applications, the BVM-F250A and BVM-F170A master monitors for TV pro- ductions and broad- casting, and the PVM-A170 and PVM-A250 picture monitors, which can be used in a range of applications. Sony is also showing its LMD line of LCD monitors at NAB. Sonnet shows PCIe expansion products I RVINE, CA — Sonnet Technologies Inc. (www. sonnettech.com), which offers storage sys- tems, Thunderbolt technology PCIe expansion products, interface cards, and media readers, has its Echo Express family of PCI Express expansion products at this year's NAB show in Las Vegas. The Echo Express systems facilitate mobile and on-location workflows by enabling any Mac computer equipped with Thunderbolt 2 or Thunderbolt ports to interface with a wide variety of high-performance PCIe cards origi- nally designed only for use in desktop computers. Sonnet's Echo Express III-D desktop and Echo Express III-R rackmount Thunderbolt 2-to- PCIe expansion chassis are among the first of their kind to ship with 20Gb/sec Thunderbolt 2 interfaces. Avid certified, these products feature three PCIe slots, a 300-watt power supply, and a 75-watt auxiliary power connector. Both sys- tems enable the use of a wide variety of high- performance PCIe cards with any Mac with a Thunderbolt port. Both chassis support up to three full-length, full-height, single-width PCIe 2.0 cards with one x16 and two x8 PCIe slots. The Echo Express III-D is well-suited for use in most workflows and small enough to fit in many travel bags. The Echo Express III-R mounts in a 2U-tall (3.5-inch) rack space and its enclosure is just 16 inches deep, making it well suited for use in a wide range of mobile racks, carts, cases and server rooms. The Sonnet chassis supports every Thunderbolt-compatible PCIe card avail- able, including those from Avid, AJA, Black- magic Design, Bluefish444, Matrox, and Red Digital Cinema. Scale Logic debuts DX RAID M INNEAPOLIS — Scale Logic Inc. (http://scalelogicinc.com) recently introduced a new member in its Genesis RAID storage line. The Genesis DX RAID platform is designed for media & entertainment work- flows while offering a reduced power consumption without sacrificing performance or reliability. The DX has the option to start small and grow with a user's storage needs, be it increased capacity or greater data performance. The 2U RAID controller chassis comes with 8Gb FC or iSCSI host connections for SAN topography, or with SAS connections for direct-attach server storage capabilities. The SAS-connected 2U disk storage chassis gives users the freedom to configure the DX to meet their initial storage needs, while hav- ing the ability to add more SAS storage later. The system is compatible with Windows, Unix, Linux, Mac OSX, and VMWare, and supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6 50, and 60. It also incorporates enterprise features such as thin-provisioning, making it a good companion to the Genesis RX. A 24TB Genesis DX has a starting list price of $15,220. Small Tree enhances Roben-3TS for editing O AKDALE, MN — Post facilities seeking maximum bandwidth for editing projects might want to check out Magma's Roben-3TS, which is available through Small Tree (www.Small-Tree.com). The Roben-3TS features three full-length, full-height PCIe slots with a robust, high-speed backplane, as well as modifications made by Small Tree to support the company's high-bandwidth, enterprise 10Gb Ethernet cards and Thunderbolt 2 technology. The unit is available with 1TB SATA drives or 1TB SSD drives. Its rack-mountable aluminum chassis includes eight 2.5-inch SATA/SAS HDD or SSD hard drive bays, a 540- watt power supply, auxiliary power, and two 40mm 6.37 CFM Bay Fans. With Thunderbolt 2 capable devices, added power can be channeled at 20Gbps bandwidth.