RED Announces the RED ROCKET

Posted by Justin O'Neill on 22, April 2009 with No Comments

UPDATE 10/10/2009:

Dino Georgopoulos has posted some pictures on www.reduser.net of a device called Launchpad that enables the RED Rocket to work with a laptop. It looks to be about 2 inches thick and is designed to be the same dimensions as a 17″ Macbook Pro so it can be placed inconspicuously underneath. www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=36074

UPDATE 08/29/2009:

Ted Shilowitz talks about the bus bandwidth required to save 4k DPXs in realtime with the RED Rocket card on the FX Guide podcast. He recommends a RAID array with 500-600 MB/second. Go to 50:50 for info on RED Rocket: www.fxguide.com/redcentre-043.mp3

Download the RED rocket PDF: www.reduser.net/RedRocket_Install_Guide.pdf

Michael Cioni demonstrates the RED Rocket running on a Quantel Pablo system:

Red Rocket from Ted Schilowitz on Vimeo.

Ninja Brook Willard shows how fast the RED rocket renders out a 4k DPX sequence using “ER” season 7 footage on a Mac Pro.

Brook’s original post here: www.reduser.net

UPDATE 07/31/2009:

RED has 2k and 4k REDCODE playing back realtime on a Macbook Pro using the RED Rocket card and express card expander. We now have the option of realtime 4k playback on the run. Read more here: www.reduser.net

UPDATE 07/16/2009:

The first RED Rocket cards are arriving to customers. Check out these unboxing pics: www.reduser.net.

UPDATE 07/02/2009:

RED Rocket no longer requires auxiliary power and draws all power from the PCI-E slot.

UPDATE 06/01/2009:

RED Rocket board with Quad DVI and Dual Link HD-SDI- $4750
Decode and debayer 4K R3D files realtime. Hyper-accelerated transcode to any system codec. Specs to be posted upon completion of testing.
Plays full quality realtime 4K to 4K monitor or projector from DVI output. Plays full quality 2K/1080P scaled from 4K footage out the Dual Link HD-SDI from RED Rocket card.
Plays full quality 2K scaled from 4K footage realtime through system graphics card and monitor.
Optional Breakout box with Quad HDMI and Quad Dual Link HD-SDI- $1200
Plays full quality realtime 4K to 4K monitor or projector from QUAD HDMI/HD-SDI RED Rocket breakout box output.
Delivery schedule is now 1st week of July 2009.