OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER From The CalDigit Team (Dec 20, 2006) Dear Partners! The CalDigit Team would like to offer our warmest holiday greetings to you. This season has given the CalDigit Team many achievements to be thankful for; we would like to share our latest updates with you! DVExpo 2006 The Digital Video Expo was held on November 15-17, 2006, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Some members of the CalDigit Team manned the booth and interacted with many end-users. CalDigit was keyed up to answer the questions of end-users, and excited to demonstrate our fully capable range of products while doing live capturing with real time demo. CalDigit was delighted to have Dan May, CEO of Blackmagic Design, USA perform a demonstration on the workflow of Blackmagic Design HDMI INTENSITY card, along with our S2VR HD SATA II 3Gb/s RAID subsystem, and our FASTA 4-e 4 port controller card. *Still-to-Date: CalDigit has the only 4-port SATA II controller card to perform flawlessly on all 4 ports with the new Apple MacPro machines. The combination of the S2VR HD and the Blackmagic HDMI INTENSITY card formulates a great combination for people who want to do HD editing at a truly affordable price. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.CalDigit.com/event.asp#DVExpo2006 Interbee 2006 The International Broadcasting Equipment Exhibition was held on November 15-17, 2006, at Makkuhari Messe Mihama-ku in Chiba, Japan. CalDigit teamed with Panasonic, which allowed us the opportunity to demonstrate our S2VR Series at the Panasonic Booth. The S2VR works flawlessly with DVC Pro HD format, cameras with capture and playback under Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.CalDigit.com/event.asp#InterBEE2006 DIGITAL MEDIA FESTIVAL 2006 The Digital Media Festival 2006 at the Sydney Convention Centre was very successful. Eureka Pacific featured CalDigit's range of eSATA and FireWire RAID solutions. Visitors to our stand, including representatives of Apple, and other companies, were impressed with the quality and performance of CalDigit's products. The S2VR Duo was also featured on Powermedia's stand and drew a lot of attention from video editors, compositors, animators, and photographers. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.CalDigit.com/event.asp#DMF2006 NEW FireWire VR! On November 15, 2006, CalDigit proudly introduced the first configurable FireWire RAID solution that supports uncompressed 8-bit and10-bit Standard Definition Video Editing. FireWireVR can also be used for photo libraries or audio applications. The FireWireVR product was unveiled on three events: the DVExpo in Los Angeles, the Interbee in Japan, and Digital Media Festival in Australia. Admiration came from all who saw the phenomenal benefits of this truly revolutionary product. A special feature of the FireWireVR that sets itself apart from the competition is its configurable RAID modes: Performance (RAID 0), Protected (RAID 1), or JBOD can all be easily configured from a switch on the back panel of the unit. The FireWireVR has the best industrial design: quiet, cool performance utilizing a ball bearing fan, and built rugged and tough for professional use. Our modular design allows the drives and fan to be easily swapped out by the user in the event of a failure, saving you from having to endure long downtimes. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.caldigit.com/FireWireVR.asp Review of the FASTA-2e CalDigit received a review from Barefeats on November 14, 2006. Rob-Art Morgan concluded: "CalDigit's host adapters and enclosure are strong contenders and the company has a strong commitment to meet the needs of 'professional grade' Mac users." CalDigit is very pleased to receive such accolades from such a respected testing barometer as Barefeats. The number on the performance charts confirms that CalDigit has the fastest 2-drive SATA II 3Gb/s RAID solution. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.barefeats.com/hard76.html Digital Production Buzz Interview CalDigit's account manager, Jon Schilling was interviewed for their weekly broadcast in the Digital Production Buzz. Jon Schilling had an interview with Philip Hodgetts about CalDigit's new FireWire VR product. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/Archives/LiveThatExpo.php?day1date=2006-11-16 Arthur Smith, CalDigit's Ad Representative Arthur Smith is an independent filmmaker contributing to National Geographic's follow-up release to "March of the Penguins." Arthur Smith is currently undertaking the task of filming Polar Bears in the Alaskan Artic. Arthur Smith has a heavy-load footage of film and pictures. As a necessity to Arthur Smith's workflow, he uses CalDigit's S2VR HD series. CalDigit is currently working on several magazine advertisements to promote our products, and we are happy to feature Arthur Smith as a cinematographer/photographer who essentially needs the S2VR. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.caldigit.com/ImageBank.asp A Review from Jared Picune On November 28th, 2006 CalDigit was very pleased to receive a review from Jared Picune. Introducing Jared Picune, he is a part of the Denver Final Pro Users Group and a Creativecow.net leader. Jared's most well known project is the Baby Einstein, and he has completed several videos in the series for Disney. After working with several multimedia firms, Jared realized that his zeal was in the video-editing industry. Jared is now the President of Idea Spring Editing, a post-production boutique at The Ogden House in Denver. Jared gave CalDigit S2VR Duo "Geek Factor 5" out of 5! "The CalDigit S2VR Duo system is a stunningly sleek and powerful RAID, perfect for the demanding Final Cut Pro editor. This little box packs a big punch, and with a quick and easy installation process, no edit suite should be without one (or two). The speed of S2VR Duo is rather impressive. Instead running a traditional read write test, I decided to jump right into the real world testing. I started with a 10 bit uncompressed video clip, and played back in Final Cut Pro. It played nicely, as to be expected. Then I added another track and it held up nicely without a dropped frame. I quickly found the Final Cut's RT Extreme was my limiting factor." REFERENCE LINK: http://www.geekymac.com/?p=203 Upcoming Events 2007 Macworld Conference & Expo Jan 8 - Jan 12 2007 The Moscone Center San Francisco Booth #2426 REFERENCE LINK: http://www.caldigit.com/event.asp