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Sony HVR-DR60 60GB Hard Disk Recorder for Compatible Sony HDV and DVCam Camcorders

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Product Description Sony is pleased to introduce the new HVR-DR60 HDV Hard Disk Recorder. This new lightweight and portable hard disk drive (HDD) recording unit is ideally suited for use with the new HVR-V1U HDV camcorder. Easily connected to a compatible camcorder via its i.LINK interface, the HVR-DR60 offers videographers the ability to record onto both tape and the hard disk drive simultaneously - an ideal hybrid recording solution for your customers providing approximately 4.5 hours of continuous HDV/DVCAM/DV stream recording. The compact HVR-DR60 uses a 60GB, 1.8 inch hard disk drive and weighs a mere 8 ounces (without battery), adding little weight for the cameraman to bear. Using the common FAT32 file system and adopting three recording formats, .m2t (MPEG2 Transport Stream based) file format for HDV recordings and AVI (Type 1) as well as RAW DV for standard definition DVCAM/DV recording, material recorded with the HVR-DR60 can be utilized by a wide variety of non-linear editing systems. The HVR-DR60 provides the choice of video mode and computer mode operation. The video mode (AV/C) enables users to record material in response to REC START and STOP commands from a camcorder with External Record capability via its i.LINK connection. Additionally, material recorded using these camcorders can be viewed on the camcorders viewfinder, or LCD panel (if so equipped). The computer mode (SBP2) allows high-speed file transfers of both HD and SD material directly to a PC or laptop using the i.LINK interface. 60 GB Storage Capacity Approx. 4.5 Hour Recording Time Cache recording: 14 seconds Records video to disk at same time camcorder records to tape for Hybrid Recording automatic master creation. Can be used for Tapeless Recording with the Sony HVR-V1U camcorder Transfers video at ~3x real time (Approx. 80Mbps) HDD Smart Protection Records .m2t (HDV), .avi (Type 1) and Raw DV (DV) file formats Video mode (AV/C) for recording video from HDV and DVCAM/DV camcorders C...