LaunchPAD launched today at Ted's House

[dino g]

so a new product has been created that basically allows you to use your redrocket with your laptop and achieve top speed.

ill let the experts tell you more about the product when they chime in...but here are some pics at the historic event which took place today 10/09/09 at ted's lovely home in LA.

present were ted, me (dino), luki, garry (ted's buddy), and the peter the genius that invented this crazy awesome machine...

and it played back some of the adam lambert 2012 footage at 4k res flawlessly...(ok i lied a little, it is not yet compatible at 24fps for rc42 4.5k, but the non-b21 footage played back at 4k perfectly).

enjoy...

dino

 

[dino g]

more pics of lanchpad

more pics of lanchpad

here are some more pictures of the device as it sits perfectly flush to a 17" mac book pro...simply elegant.

dino

 

[Andrew Benz]

Thank you Dino for the sneak peak. I am eagerly awaiting more information including pricing and availability.

Cheers- Andrew

 

[JosephArthur]

Awesomeness. Sounds better than the Magnacard/ESATA solution. Ill await information about pricing and availability as well. I just set aside cash my second RED Camera this week.

 

[ericyoung]

Whoa!! :drool5:

 

[Nir Shelter]

Yup definitely awesome!
Would love to hear about availability and pricing.

As I and many DITs out there have a 15" MBP for on set work. Wondering if there is any reason it wouldn't work with a late 08 latest gen release 15" MBP (one of the few 15" that were manufactured with an Express card slot)?

I mean similar processor power (2.66GHZ) and most of the processing will be done on the RR.
Identical FSB (1067MHZ) and Express lane band widths (2.5GBT) and up to 8GB of RAM.
Only thing I can think of is that it wont sit flush on the sides... I will be very happy with that if I can play back real-time 4K to HD OUT OF A LAPTOP ON SET!!!

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

I like very much what Peter Majtan is doing.

But I couldn't wait for his product and went to Magma ExpressBox Pro.

The second reason is a battery issue.

I do not want to deal with more batteries on the road for many reasons...

Also I'm sure that Peter's box has AC/DC ...

The third is that Magma ExpressBox Pro can accept some other card too just in case...

The fourth is that Magma ExpressBox Pro can be also connected with the host card to a desktop.

Magma ExpressBox1 - PCI Express Outside the Box, HP LP2480zx DreamColor 30-bit LCD, MacBook Pro 17" 2008 model.

Magma ExpressBox1 - PCI Express Outside the Box, HP LP2480zx DreamColor 30-bit LCD, Mac Pro 2008 model 2,1, 3.0 GHz 8x core with 32GB memory inside.

 

[dino g]

i think he using the magma too at this point, but has another trick up his sleeve...the challenge is keeping the box cool, which he has solved... and he did say it will except other cards.

his battery solution is very very slick..although he told us a funny airport story, which ill let him elaborate on.

 

[dino g]

so pardon me for not knowing peter's codename = pocket rocket....too busy workign to follow a thread that had 117 pages! yikes...

anyway here is the product in the flesh.

 

[Peter Majtan]

Hey Dino - thanks for the nice comments. I will try to keep the info in one place, so I am answering the presented questions back in the main thread:

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=30337&page=118

 

[Mark L. Pederson]

The second reason is a battery issue.

I do not want to deal with more batteries on the road for many reasons...

Which is why it's great to have choices. We've been testing another RedRocket enclosure from the guys at MAXX Digital. Peter had a hand in that too -

The prototype is being used Abel Ferrara's new feature with Wesley Snipes to screen footage faster than dailies can be produced.

A pic and quick post HERE

Both enclosures are expected to ship THIS month. If you don't have a Red Rocket yet ... you don't know what you are missing.

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Which is why it's great to have choices. We've been testing another RedRocket enclosure from the guys at MAXX Digital. Peter had a hand in that too -

The prototype is being used Abel Ferrara's new feature with Wesley Snipes to screen footage faster than dailies can be produced.

A pic and quick post HERE

Both enclosures are expected to ship THIS month. If you don't have a RED Rocket™™ yet ... you don't know what you are missing.

Good to know that "Game of Death" is shooting on R1 (M-X ugraded??!!!)

and that "used to screen dailies back at the hotel after wrap" with the combo RED Rocket™ i Transporter and "AJA HDSDI to HDMI converter to a 50" plasma".

Actually you can screen Original R3D dailies from RED Drive directly on-set (in studio or outdoor) as it is shown at the picture below:

RED1 + Leica-R 60mm f/2.8 Macro + RED-Raid 320GB + RED Rocket™™ + Magma ExpressPro + HP DreamColor + MacBook Pro 17" + ROCKETcineX

 

[Chris Parker]

that's it. i am putting a 4K projector on my carts, and projecting dailies onto the DP's chest as he is walking towards me, saying, "any chance of seeing dailies anytime soon?"

while he says that, they will be projected in 4K onto his chest.

 

[Matthew Riggieri]

When can we buy?

 

[Dustin Cross]

Are there any of these enclosures that allow us to use two PCI-X cards? I use my Expresscard for eSATA now and don't want to loose that. It would be awesome if I could get a Red Rocket and eSATA at the same time with my Macbook Pro onset.

Dusty

 

[Caleb Heymann]

Has anyone posted what transcoding times we're getting off a Macbook Pro with Redrocket for 2k or HD Proress 422, 4444, etc? Would be great to know full debayer and 2k debayer speeds.