Sony XDCAM PDW-700 Brochure & Specs page 2

Sony XDCAM Family – Today's Nonlinear
Tapeless Production Solutions
In 2003, Sony introduced a series of products for video recording using nonlinear media. Along with the
advantages of a tapeless workfl ow, this heralded a number of other tremendous benefi ts including
fi le based recording, split second random access capability, thumbnail search capability,
no overwriting on existing footage and an IT/network capability. Sony named this epoch-making
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product line the XDCAM
Since then, the XDCAM series has continued to demonstrate the many advantages of nonlinear
recording, including a superb system for high defi nition (HD) production. In response to ever-increasing
demands of video production, Sony has expanded the XDCAM series by introducing four lines of
products* – the XDCAM HD422, XDCAM HD, XDCAM SD and XDCAM EX™ – each of which is well suited to
meet the wide range of applications and budget constraints. For user fl exibility, there is also a choice of
recording format, such as HD or SD, recording bit rate, interlace or progressive mode, and optical disc or
memory card recording media.
With the XDCAM family, users can now select the product best suited to the particular production being
created, and enjoy all the great benefi ts and effi ciencies of a nonlinear workfl ow.
*Please refer to the brochures of each XDCAM product line for details on each model.
XDCAM HD422
XDCAM HD
XDCAM SD
XDCAM EX
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Professional Disc™ System.
PDW-700 PDW-HD1500
PDW-F355 PDW-F335
PDW-530/530P PDW-510/510P
PMW-EX1 PMW-EX3
PDW-F75
PDW-1500 PDW-R1
PMW-EX30
Common
Product
PDW-U1