SmallHD Wins an Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Award

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by Nick TaylorNovember 1^st, 2023

Any filmmaker in the game knows the importance of reliable on-set monitoring. And at the top of the list of reliable companies has consistently been SmallHD. Recently, they have been commended for their contribution to the creative arts with an Emmy Award for outstanding achievement for their monitoring platform. Let’s have a look.

You may be familiar with the Emmy Awards as recognizing the “Best Drama” or “Best Comedy” series. However, there is an additional awards show where the more technical aspects of television production are recognized. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences also recognizes achievements in engineering, science, and technology. At the 75th Annual Awards Show on October 18th hosted by Adam Savage, SmallHD was honored with such an award.

Reliable on-set monitoring

SmallHD is well-known for their various types of production monitors. They offer big 4K models for on-set monitoring as well as 5″ and 7″ models for on-camera mounting. But at the 75th annual Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards, SmallHD was recognized for their innovation in essential on-set monitoring equipment. Lead developer Jeffrey Fowler Gray accepted the award. You can view the whole ceremony via the TV Academy’s website, here.

As mentioned above, SmallHD has been synonymous with reliable on-set monitoring. While their monitors aren’t cheap, they offer products for most budgets. I used to have a SmallHD Action 5, which has since been discontinued. It was an amazing on-camera monitor. The SmallHD Indie 5 is a reasonable $1,299 (USD) for anyone starting out. It brings with it the advantage of being able to tap into the SmallHD ecosystem – now an Emmy Award-winning user interface system.

Reason for the Emmy: powerful user experience

The reason Gray, a software developer, accepted the award is because the Academy was really recognizing achievement in SmallHD software. While other similar companies offer different types of on-set monitoring, only SmallHD monitors run on PageOS 5. While the list of features is far too long to list here, you may read all about it on SmallHD’s website. I’ll let Adam Savage sum up why it is special:

“With PageOS 5 software, each user is able to work within a seamless production environment that allows all of the creative team members to see the artistic vision in real-time as they work faster, cheaper and more deliberately getting the shot and bringing order to chaos.”

-Adam Savage, Host of the 75th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards

There is a reason why you see SmallHD monitors in behind-the-scenes footage of major motion pictures. They are reliable. Reliability in gear is the most important trait sought after by filmmakers. A million things can go wrong on a film set. You don’t want to be downed for any avoidable technical issues. And for being a solid and reputable company, I’d like to thank and congratulate SmallHD on behalf of the CineD crew.

Do you have a SmallHD product? Or just happy for them winning an Emmy Award? Feel free to congratulate them in the comments section!