Victor Entertainment Co, the Tokyo based music video and audio production and marketing company, has purchased a Quantel eQ Editing/ effects/ grading/ mastering system in its Pay as you Go HD configuration. The eQ sits at the heart of Victors in-house post production facility handling all its current SD post requirements, and has been purchased with an eye to the high resolution future as more and more of Victors clients look to produce in HD.
“We are seeing an increase in demand for HD production at Victor, said Visual Director, Teruaki Onishi. The Pay as you Go HD concept allows us to make the eQ fully HD capable at any time we need, and if we reach a point where it is desirable to have the HD always on, then we can do this for a reasonable cost. It also gives us the means to handle HD and SD alongside each other, which will be very helpful to us in future as we are planning to build a network storage system for audio and video, effectively giving us a high-speed media archive system interfaced with the eQ.
Another important benefit for Victor in selecting the eQ is its ability to handle Panasonic Varicam HD video. eQ is very efficient at handling Varicam material, which is used a lot for music video production, adds Mr Onishi. Beyond that, we also appreciate the high quality and long in-service life of Quantel systems, and we are looking forward to further exciting developments for the system in the future.