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XDCAM HD System
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XDCAM HD System The XDCAM HD lineup offers a choice of highly versatile production tools for an elegant and affordable route to HD for users looking to move up from analog and conventional DVCAM capabilities. The XDCAM HD lineup records 1080-line HD video at a data rate of up to 35 Mb/s using the MPEG HD codec that employs industry standard MPEG-2 MP@HL compression. The newest members of the XDCAM HD lineup support 50 GB dual layer Professional Disc media, greatly extending recording time. In addition, the XDCAM HD lineup offers flexible recording functionalities including a choice of video frame rates, interlace or progressive modes, recording data rates, and both HD and SD format support. XDCAM HD Products Common Features ● HD recording at up to 35 Mb/s using MPEG HD codec (an MPEG-2 MP@HL compression technology) ● High quality four channel uncompressed audio recording ● Wide choice of video formats - 1080, interlace and progressive including native 23.98P mode ● Support for DVCAM format ● Dual layer (50 GB, PFD50DLA) and single layer (23.3 GB, PFD23A) Professional Disc support ● Long recording time (at 18 Mb/s with two channel audio) - Up to 265 minutes of HD recording on dual layer disc ● Proxy data (1.5 Mb/s for video and 0.5 Mb/s for audio) and metadata recording ● Built-in down-conversion from HD to SD during playback 8