PDW-HD1500 Sony Professional Disc Recorder

XDCAM HD422 Recording Deck

* HD 1920 x 1080 And 1280 x 720(*1) recording using the MPEG HD 422 mode (MPEG-2 4:2:2P@HL compression technology)

* Variety of recording modes: HD (MPEG HD422 And MPEG HD(*1)) And SD(*2) (MPEG IMX And DVCAM)

* High-quality eight-channel (HD-SDI) 24-bit audio recording

* Suports various recording formats - 1080: 59.94i, 50i, 29.97P(*1) And 25P, 720(*1): 59.94P And 50P, SD(*2): NTSC And PAL

* Can use the PFD50DLA dual-layer disc And the PFD23A single-layer disc

* Long recording time: 95 minutes in MPEG HD422 50 Mb/s

* Up(*1)/down-conversion And cross-conversion between 1080i And 720P(*1)

* Three types of picture output modes are supported for down-conversion: Edge crop, Squeeze And Letterbox (16:9/14:9/13:9)

* Dual-optical heads allow high-speed file transfer: i.LINK File Access Mode (FAM), FTP via Gigabit Ethernet

* A feeder for linear editing - by RS-422 9-pin remote control interface

* A wide variety of video And audio inputs And outputs

* Compatible with XDCAM Carts: the PDJ-C1080 And the PDJ-A640

* Equipped with a Jog/Shuttle dial, providing VTR-like operation

* Compact And lightweight: half-rack size And 6.5 kg (14 lb 5 oz)

* A large easy-to-see 4.3-inch(*3) type color LCD

* Built-in audio speaker

* Tilt-up front panel

* AC, DC or battery powered

* Low power consumption: 65 W (DC powered) And 55 W (in power save mode, DC powered)

* Trigger REC function (synchronized recording with camcorder(*4))

* Thumbnail Search function

* ExpAnd function

* Scene Selection

* Metadata recording

* Proxy (low-resolution AV) Data recording

(*1)Requires a software upgrade planned to be available in autumn 2008. (*2)Requires the optional PDBZ-S1500 software planned to be available in autumn 2008. (*3)Viewable area measured diagonally. (*4)Compatible with PDW-700, HDW-730/750 series, HDW-790 And HDW-F900R camcorders.