Bryan Hoff's Recent Posts
The HP Z800 Workstation Review: A First Look
Bryan Hoff tests the new HP Z800 to see if it offers enough of an increase in efficiency and productivity to justify the expense in this economic downturn.
HP EliteBook 8730w Review: Not Your Grandmother's Laptop
Andrew Farago interviews the directors of the five animated shorts nominees for the 2008 Academy Awards.
The HP xw4600 Review: Speed on a Budget
Bruce Shutan reports on how Beatles musical, Across the Universe, proved a psychedelic challenge for vfx artist Peter Crosman.
The Quadro FX 5600 Review: One Card to Rule Them All
Water is everywhere for the second consecutive summer movie season, and J. Paul Peszko dives in once again to navigate the latest breakthroughs with ILM, PDI/DreamWorks Animation and Sony Pictures Animation.
Gelato 2.1 Review: A Flavor for Everyone
Taylor Jessen chats with Bill Plympton about the making of and theatrical release of his genre-busting 1950s throwback feature, Hair High.
The HP xw8400 Workstation Review: Welcome to Quad-Core
For this month, Chris Feldman reviews recent anime titles, Parasite Dolls, MegaMan NT Warrior: MegaMan vs. ElecMan and Ranma 1/2: Digital Dojo.
NextDimension Review: Flexing Mobile Muscles
With visual effects work needed on a global scale, J. Paul Peszko investigates the rise in VFX throughout the Middle East.
HP xw9400 Workstation Review: Achieving Higher Benchmarks
In this months Career Coach, Pamela Kleibrink Thompson makes an impression on the reader about business cards.
HP’s xw8400 Workstation Review: Productivity Through the Roof
Marisa Materna chats with director Richard Linklater on the production of A Scanner Darkly, which utilizes interpolated rotoscoping to bring live-action footage into an animated dream world.
Gelato 2.0 Review: Harnessing the GPU
Tara DiLullo talks with Academy Award nominated ILM visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman about winning the invisible visual effects war with their work on Jarhead.