Features; Features Of This Unit - Sony PDW-HD1200 Operation Manual

Overview

Features

The PDW-HD1200 (referred to as "this unit") is a
professional disc recorder supporting full HD (1920 ×
1080) playback and recording with Professional Disc
media.
When you use this unit in combination with a nonlinear
editing system, the FAM
transfers between the unit and computers over the
3)
i.LINK interface, allowing the unit to be used like an
external hard drive.
The unit can be used as a player for video editing and
program output, and as a recorder for nonlinear editing.
For these applications, the unit can be connected via its
SDI I/O connectors to earlier nonlinear editors, monitors,
and video equipment with SDI interfaces.
It has a compact, lightweight body for easy portability
outdoors, and can be powered from any of three power
sources: AC, DC, or battery
1) Professional Disc is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
2) FAM: File access mode
3) This unit does not support DV stream output.
4) BKP-L551 Battery Adaptor is required.

Features of this unit

The principal features of this unit are as follows.
1)
MPEG HD422 codec
High-quality video and audio recording and
playback
The MPEG HD422 codec provides video compression
compliant with the MPEG-2 422P@HL standard. It
enables HD 4:2:2 (50 Mbps) digital component file
recording in the 1080i (1,080 effective scanning lines,
interlaced) format currently in use by many broadcast
facilities.
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Features
2)
function enables data file
4)
power.
Chapter
Uncompressed PCM recording of 24-bit 48 kHz audio
enables 8-channel audio recording at high sound quality.
1) MPEG HD422 is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
Long recording times
PDW-HD1200 supports dual-layer Professional Discs (50
GB). When dual-layer Professional Discs are used, this
1)
unit can record about 95 minutes.
Recording and playback functions
Support for multiple SD and HD codecs
In addition to the MPEG HD422 codec, this unit supports
the MPEG HD codec.
component files at both 1080i (35/25/18 Mbps
HD operation across a wide range of recording times and
application objectives. The unit is also capable of SD
(IMX 30/40/50 Mbps or DVCAM codec) recording and
playback.
1) MPEG HD is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation.
2) Playback only supported for 18 Mbps.
Support for multiple frame frequencies
This unit can record and play multiple frame frequencies at
1080 (59.94i and 50i). The 29.97P and 25P frame
frequencies can only be played back.
Support for mixed format recording mode
As long as the frame frequency group is the same, clips in
different recording formats can be recorded or written to
1)
the same disc.
The system frequencies supported by this unit are divided
into frame frequency groups, as shown in the following
table.
1) The recording format is regarded as different whenever the system
frequency, video resolution, video codec/bit rate, or number of audio
channels or number of bits does not match.
Frame frequency group
59.94Hz
1
1)
It can record HD 4:2:0 digital
2)
) allowing
System frequency
59.94i
29.97P