Author Archives: Mike McCarthy

About Mike McCarthy

Mike McCarthy is a technology consultant, with extensive experience in the film post-production industry. He started posting technology info and analysis at HD4PC in 2007. He broadened his focus with TechWithMikeFirst ten years later.

NVidia’s GTC 2021 Conference

NVidia is hosting the third online iteration of their “GTC” GPU Technology Conference. The first one was hurriedly implemented last March, as we were just beginning to realize the implications… Read more »

AJA’s new T-Tap Pro output device for 4K HDR

AJA has released the T-TAP Pro, a new video output device for editors, colorists, and VFX artists, targeting 4K and HDR workflows. I wrote a series of articles throughout the… Read more »

Workflow Options Via Newtek’s NDI

Newtek announced their “Network Device Interface” (NDI) protocol back in 2016, as a way to transfer HD video signals in real-time over IP networks. It was designed to replace SDI… Read more »

Tech With Mike First on Youtube

I have begun creating a series of technology videos on Youtube. While I have posted a few Youtube videos of my camera tests in these articles over the past few… Read more »

A First Look at AMD’s Threadripper Pro in Lenovo’s ThinkStation P620

AMD’s Threadripper line of processors has been available for High-End Desktop users since August 2017. They compete with Intel’s Core-X lineup, for users who want higher performance, quad channel memory,… Read more »

Testing Dell’s Newest HDR1000 Monitor

Dell sent me their newest top-end HDR monitor to test out. The UP3221Q is an HDR1000 certified 31.5 inch UHD display, with 1000 nits of Brightness, displaying images from HDMI,… Read more »

KB Covers Overlays for the Loupedeck+ Console

It has been a year since I posted my in-depth review of the Loupedeck+ Console. One of my main issues with the unit, was that it was too difficult to… Read more »

Canon HDR Reference Displays

I was recently given the opportunity to review Canon’s DP-V3120 4K HDR display. This model is a significant step up from the HP Z31x Dreamcolor and Dell UP3218K monitors I… Read more »

Adobe MAX 2020

Adobe MAX was held online this year, just like most other annual conferences have been in 2020. It was also offered for free, a vast departure from previous years, but… Read more »

NVidia GTC Fall 2020

I usually attend GTC in San Jose during the spring, and that was interrupted this year by Covid-19. Instead, I watched a couple of sessions online, in what was most… Read more »