Frame Rates; Unrivaled Flexibility - Sony HDC-25 Series Technical Information

Technical Information: Sony HD System Cameras

2.3. Unrivaled Flexibility

2.3.1. Frame Rates

It goes without saying that a modern high-end system camera has to support all
current HDTV-formats and has to be open for future (HD) formats, even though the
discussion about how the future HD format will look like has not been finished yet.
Let´s have a closer look to the HD formats and the way these are currently
implemented into the HDC-2500-series:
Frame Rate Camera Type
Transmission
System
1080/50i Standard HDTV
1080/59.94i
720/50P Standard HDTV
720/59.94P
1080/50P Future HDTV
1080/59.94P
1080/23.98PsF Standard HDTV
1080/24PsF
1080/25PsF
1080/29.97PsF
1080/50i RGB Future HDTV
1080/59.94i
RGB
1080/23.98P
RGB
1080/24P RGB
1080/25P RGB
1080/29.97P
RGB
1080/100i 2x SloMo
1080/119.88i
720/100P
720/119.88P
The above matrix clearly shows that the HDC-2000/-2500 models are featuring all
current and future HD-frame rates as a standard whereas HDC-2400/-2400DF and
HDC-1700 can be upgraded by software options if needed (refer to Picture 3/ next
page). Thanks to its wide bandwidth within the fibre transmission path, such high
data rate signals can be transmitted natively, without using any compression
technology.
The new HDC-2570 with its digital triax transmission system can handle high-bitrate
signals, too. This camera employs Sony's unique LLVC codec technology (LLVC =
Low Latency Video Codec) allowing to transmit either 1080P or 2xSloMo signals over
triax cable. Moreover, latency of the codec is very low (below one field; i.e. under
20ms) so that real live broadcasting is no issue.
New: all above noted framerate options are now available on a permanent, monthly
and weekly basis.
V6.0 / 03-2014
HDC-2000 HDC-2400
HDC-2500
Fibre 3G Fibre 3G
Included Included
Included Included
Included Option
[HZC-PRV20]
Included Option
[HZC-PSF20]
Included Option
[HZC-UG444]
Included Option
[HZC-DFR20]
HDC-1700 HDC-2570
Fibre 3G Digital Triax 3G
Included Included
Included Included
Option Option
[HZC-PRV20] [HZC-PRV20]
Option Option
[HZC-PSF20] [HZC-PSF20]
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[HZC-DFR20]
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