HDCAM has long been associated with the production of the most prestigious movies,
commercials and television programmes. The recent expansion of the HDCAM product
line up is now transforming the economics of HD for mainstream television production.
New models such as the HDW-730S HDCAM camcorder have made HD acquistion accessible
to those working on standard definition budgets.
The HDW-S280/1 portable recorder is the latest addition to the HDCAM line up, and
operates at the frame rates used for mainstream and prestige programme creation
and distribution. It offers 1080-line HDCAM recording and playback at 50i, 59.94i,
23.98PsF, 24PsF, 25PsF and 29.97PsF rates, removing the need to hold seperate recorders
for European and US/Japanese productions.
In addition to AC operation, the HDW-S280/1 can also be battery driven, for use
in outside broadcast vehicles, helicopters, cars etc. It also makes business sense
even when post production and programme distribution remains at 625/50 standard
definition. An inbuilt HD to SD downconverter provides a standard definition output
from your high quality HDCAM original recordings.
Compatible replay of Betacam, Betacam SP and Betacam SX tapes completes the feature
set to smooth your transition to the world of high definition.
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