Higher ground: NAB 2004 promises HD to an SD world.(Industry news)(High Density)

As expected, 2004 was the year of HD at NAB, even though the conference arguably straddles four worlds--broadcast, filmmaking, streaming, and commercial videography--of which the first two are just approaching an HD era and the latter two aren't even close. Our concern, of course, is the digital studio in general and videography in particular, where HD is more theory than practice at this point. But that didn't stop key vendors in the space--Adobe, Apple, Pinnacle, Sony Pictures, and Ulead, among others--from buzzing about HD in their major product announcements at the show. There