Table of Contents
Advertisement
Operational Features
Highly Compact and Portable Design
The HDW-S280 recorder is characterized by its highly
compact and lightweight design, allowing for use in the field,
and in confined spaces ranging from OB trucks and
helicopters to nonlinear editing desktops. The unit is only
3U high and has a half-rack width, and weighs just 6.0 kg
(13 lb 4 oz). A carrying handle at the top and a tilt stand
further enhance its mobility and field operability.
User-friendly Control Panel Design
The control panel of the HDW-S280 is compact yet easy
to use, providing good access to each VTR control. A Jog/
Shuttle dial is provided for quick and precise picture search
operations. The HDW-S280 recorder is also equipped with
a 3.5-inch* 16:9 color LCD display, allowing users to view
playback material and VTR setup menus without the use of
an external video monitor – a feature especially convenient
for field operations. At the push of a button, the LCD panel's
display mode can be easily switched between video monitor
with superimposed time code and audio level meters, or
system status/menu control
mode. Dedicated audio
control knobs are also
provided on the compact front
panel.
*
Viewable area measured diagonally.
Front Panel (Video Monitor View)
4
System status view
AC/DC or Battery-powered Operation
The HDW-S280 recorder can operate on AC, DC and
battery* power, greatly increasing its flexibility for field
productions. The recorder also achieves low power
consumption, enabling up to 80 minutes of operating time
using the optional BP-GL95 battery.
To use with a battery, the optional BKP-L551battery adaptor is required.
*
HDW-S280 with BP-GL95 battery
Back-space and Assemble Editing
Functions
The HDW-S280 recorder provides two types of editing
capabilities. An automatic backspace editing with
instant-start feature allows sequential recording, without
picture interference at transition points. In addition,
assemble editing – including two-machine editing – is also
possible*.
Frame accuracy is ±1 frame.
*
Sequential Recording Function
The HDW-S280 recorder provides recording of up to
50 (24PsF)/48 (50i)/40 (59.94i) minutes on an S-sized
cassette. Should a longer record time be required, two decks
can be connected to record across two tapes without a break
in the recording. When the tape remaining time of one deck
reaches two minutes, the other deck automatically starts
recording. Since the tape in the deck on standby can be
exchanged while the other deck is recording, a limitless
recording time can also be achieved.
Advertisement
Table of Contents
