Sony HDW250 BROCHURE

HD Digital Videocassette Recorder

HDW-250

Preliminary

In support of the many challenges and opportunities inherent in the transition to DTV systems, Sony has already developed a full range of HDVS® (High Definition Video Systems) products. A digital HD camcorder, system cameras, VTRs, switchers, multieffects, etc., are among the products now in use with many major broadcast and production companies, particularly in the USA and Japan. Working in the harsh world of day -to - day operational use, these products are graphically demonstrating the leadership that Sony has earned from over 20 years of research into HD technology.

Joining this Sony HDVS family is the HDW-250, a portable digital HD VTR that is designed to be used together with the Sony HDC-750A Multipurpose Portable Camera, strengthening your field recording capability. With its outstanding portability and long recording time of 124 minutes, it is a valuable enhancement of the Sony HDCAM® product range, especially as a backup VTR for the Sony HDW-700 Digital HD Camcorder. The models in this range, which already includes the HDW-500 Digital HD Editing VTR and HDW-700 Digital HD Camcorder, are widely acknowledged for their superb picture quality and reliability -and particularly for the familiar way in which they operate.

This significant technical achievement has already been recognized by Sony receiving both an Award from the Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan, and the Award of Technical Advancement from the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers.

The HDW-250 HD VTR inherits all the advantages of the established DVW-250 Digital BETACAM® Portable VTR, especially its excellent operability. Multiple inputs and outputs, and powerful interfacing capabilities, are major features providing the flexibility required for DTV to coexist with SDTV-which is still the major system for most users. For improved field operation in limited access situations, a new design of remote controller, the RM-B150, provides control of both VTR and camera.

The HDW-250 is the ideal digital HD portable recorder. It will support a wide range of applications in your HD production program, from highly mobile field acquisition to studio and OB vehicle use.