Sony PDWU1 Family Brochure (XDCAM Family Brochure) - Page 2

Sony Professional Disc™ XDCAM® Series - Changing Workflow Paradigms In 2003, Sony introduced a new generation of video recording for standard-definition (SD) video production - the XDCAM™ Series optical disc-based recording system. The XDCAM Series utilizes optical disc media, otherwise known as Professional Disc™ media, with state-of-the-art blue violet technology for recording. The XDCAM's disc-based recording offers users a number of tremendous benefits such as split-second random-access capability, no overwriting on existing footage, and network capability. The Professional Disc media itself is highly robust, reliable, inexpensive, and reusable - ideal for practical day-to-day operations. This media is also extremely flexible, and overcomes the limitations of proprietary footprints, thus enabling XDCAM devices to record a wide assortment of data such as MPEG IMX™ and DVCAM™ format video, metadata, and low-resolution versions of footage onto a single disc. Since its introduction, the XDCAM Series of products for SD programming has been widely adopted by many different users all over the world, from broadcasters and production facilities to professional sports teams and corporations. Sony has been continuously enhancing the functions available on its current products, as well as developing new products to fulfill the customers' diverse operational requirements. The latest XDCAM system offers a variety of powerful functions such as enhanced clip operations, highresolution clip viewer software, and plug-in software for Apple Final Cut Pro nonlinear editing systems. Furthermore, optional PDBZ-E1500 software has been added to the XDCAM lineup, which provides the PDW-1500 deck with an insert/assemble editing capability. Another new powerful member to the XDCAM lineup is the PDW-U1 drive unit which can be used for desktop PC viewing and source feeding to nonlinear editing systems. With these additions, the Sony XDCAM lineup now consists of two types of 2/3-inch type CCD camcorders, three companion decks, two drive units and two cart systems - all of which meet a diverse range of operation requirements and budgetary constraints. As a future-proof, disc-based, nonlinear recording system, the Sony XDCAM system is unrivaled - and gives you the ultimate solution for today's and tomorrow's SD video productions. ■ DECKS XDCAM SERIES PRODUCT LINE-UP 2 Compact Deck PDW-1500 Field Recorder PDW-R1 Mobile Deck PDW-V1 Drive Unit PDW-D1 Drive Unit PDW-U1