REVIEW BLACKMAGIC DESIGN DaVINCI RESOLVE SPEED EDITOR

RIP SONY BVW BETACAM DECK

This review is for a compact little keyboard accessory from Blackmagic Design. Back in the 1990’s we used expensive Sony BetaCam tape decks (because digital video had not arrived yet). These big heavy professional tape decks (thinking about the BVW75) cost around $40-50k each and they had this wheel on the front which allowed you to shuttle/scroll tape back and forth (critical functions when editing video). The video folks at Blackmagic Design have now brought that shuttle-wheel into the modern video editing suite in the form of the “DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor” and to sweeten the deal they’ve included two seats of their premium editing software (reviewed here on H.o.T.) which normally sells for $300 (free with the Speed Editor). Does the Speed Editor live up to its name? Does it make things go faster?