Panasonic AJ-HD1400 User Manual

AJ-

DVCPRO HD Compact Recorder

Outstanding Versatility and Cost-Performance in a VTR
that Answers the Call for Universal HD Video Pr oduction

As HD broadcasting and cinema continue to expand around the
globe, the AJ-HD1400 helps you keep pace with the growing
demand for high-quality HD content.
This compact, economical desktop VTR records and plays in all of
the world's HD broadcasting formats. It provides 720/1080 video
format cross conversion and HD/SD down/up conversion. Also
providing SD playback functions, the versatile AJ-HD1400 lets you
produce video content for a variety of applications in all regions of
the world.
The AJ-HD1400 makes a good fit in an AJ-HDC27H, VariCam HD
production system where the need for DVCPRO HD quality is
great. It can convert data from native 720p sources for output as
1080/24p or 25p data, and it adds a built-in function for gamma
conversion of F.REC cine-gamma sources.
The AJ-HD1400 comes equipped with IEEE 1394 and HD-SDI
digital input/output and a 9-pin remote interface for
assemble/insert editing. From field recording to nonlinear and in­studio editing, the AJ-HD1400 is a practical, reliable solution to a
host of HD production needs.
The AJ-HD1400 also offers outstanding cost-performance.
Together with the Panasonic AJ-HDX900 Camera-Recorder being
released at the same time, the AJ-HD1400 makes it possible to
configure an HD production system that's cost equivalent to many
SD systems.

Multi-Format HD Recording and Playback

With the addition of 720/50p, the AJ-HD1400 covers all of the
world's HD broadcast formats in both 1080 and 720 video. It also
offers playback of all DVCPRO HD sources, including the
1080/23.98p over 59.94i recorded by the AJ-HDX900
DVCPRO HD camera-recorder and the 720/24p (and 25p) over
60p recorded by Varicam. The built-in HD cross-converter makes
it easy to convert between 720p and 1080i HD formats. These
features combine to make the AJ-HD1400 a flexible solution for
both broadcast and cinema applications.

Video Formats Supported by the AJ-HD1400

Recording: 1080/59.94i, 1080/50i,

720/60p, 720/59.94p, 720/50p

Playback: 1080/60i, 1080/59.94i,

1080/50i, 1080/23.98p (over 59.94i),
1080/29.97p (over 59.94i),
720/60p, 720/59.94p,
720/50p, 720/50p (over 60p),
720/23.98p (over 59.94p), 720/24p (over 60p),
720/29.97p (over 59.94p), 720/30p (over 60p),
720/25p (over 50p), 720/25p (over 60p),
480/59.94i, 480/23.98p (over 59.94i),
480/29.97p (over 59.94i),
576/50i, 576/25p (over 50i)

Cross-convert: 1080/60i <=> 720/60p,

1080/59.94i <=> 720/59.94p,
1080/50i <=> 720/50p
720/23.98p (over 59.94p) => 1080/23.98psf,
720/24p (over 60p) => 1080/24psf,
720/25p (over 60p) => 1080/25psf,
720/50p (over 60p) => 1080/50i,
720/50p (over 60p) => 720/50p,

Down-convert: 1080/59.94i, 720/59.94p, => 480/59.94i

1080/50i, 720/50p => 576/50i

Up-convert: 480/59.94i => 1080/59.94i, 720/59.94p

576/50i => 1080/50i, 720/50p

*Neither converted output or converted recording is possible for 59.94 Hz to 50 Hz.

SD Source Playback and Up/Down Conversion

The AJ-HD1400 can play DVCPRO 50,
DVCPRO, DV* and DVCAM* SD
sources. The built-in up-converter
and down-converter make it
possible to output HD data from
SD sources, or SD data from HD
sources using just the AJ-HD1400.
HD and SD can be output
simultaneously. There's also an aspect
ratio conversion function for added
flexibility.

*You need an optional AJ-CS455P Mini-DV Playback Adapter to play Mini-DV
and DVCAM S cassettes on the AJ-HD1400. The AJ-HD1400 can play DV
tapes in SP mode only.

1080/24p (25p) Output for
AJ-HDC27H
Varicam Source Production

The AJ-HD1400 can play
720/23.98p over 59.94p sources
and convert them for output as
1080/23.98psf, and it can play
720/25p over 60p sources and
convert them for output as
1080/25p. Used in this way, the
AJ-HD1400 provides the
AJ-HDC27H Varicam user with an
easy integration path to native
1080/24p or 1080/25p based
program production.

New Gamma Conversion Function for Use
with AJ-HDC27H Varicam Cinema Production System

Some of the functions offered in the earlier AJ-GBX27G HD
Gamma Corrector are now built right into the AJ-HD1400, making
it a simple, low-cost solution for producing cinema or film-like
video. There are two modes
(TELECINE 5, TELECINE 6) for
converting source materials
recorded using the F.REC mode
and gamma curve into video
images with a film-like tone.
There's also a CINEON mode
for converting data into a
gamma curve suitable for film
recording.

DVCPRO HD VTR:
64 Minutes of High-Quality Recording

Designed to broadcast specifications, the DVCPRO HD codec
combines a video bit rate of 100 Mbps with 4:2:2 image sampling
and intra-frame compression. This reliable recording system also
minimizes quality degradation with fast-moving subjects and is
highly resistant to drop-out. The DVCPRO HD-LP format allows
up to 64 minutes of recording on large or medium-size cassette
with reliable 1/4" metal particle tape.

Eight Channels of 16-bit Digital Audio

DVCPRO HD also offers superb 16-bit linear PCM sound quality,
with eight embedded channels for recording in 5.1-channel
surround sound. The AJ-HD1400 uses HD-SDI for independent
input/output and editing of all eight channels.

HIGH-QUALITY HD PRODUCTION IN A HOST OF FORMATS

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Gamma Conversion Curve