Sony HVR1500 Digital HD Videocassette Recorder

Sony Updated: 2008-04-21 RSS
Sony HVR1500 Digital HD Videocassette Recorder

The HVR 1500 is an HDV source feeder and DVCAM/DV feeder/recorder inheriting the same design concepts of the very successful DSR-1500A. The new HVR-1500 offers many of the convenient features demanded by professionals, such as quick mechanical response, multi-format DV playback, and a robust set of professional video and audio interfaces ranging from analog to digital SDI and AES/EBU. Additionally, the new HVR-1500 offers HD-SDI output as well as RS-422A control capabilities, bridging HDV source material and assets with high-end HD formats and HD editing environments.Positioned as the high-end HDV deck in the HVR Series, the HVR-1500 is designed to be the bridge between HDV and HDCAM® format, as well as between HDV and XDCAM® HD format. For those applications where robustness and functionality are of prime concern, the HVR-1500 is the HDV deck of choice.

Highlights:

* Offers many of the convenient features demanded by professionals, such as quick mechanical response, multi-format DV playback, and a robust set of professional video and audio interfaces ranging from analog to digital SDI and AES/EBU
* The new HVR-1500 offers HD-SDI output and RS-422A 9-pin control capabilities, bridging HDV source material and assets with high-end HD formats and HD editing environments.

Features:

Robust and professional HDV VTR:
Fast mechanical response is equivalent to the DSR-1500A Emergency eject capability Employs tape head cleaner and cleaning blade Offers 6-pin i.LINK® interface and RS-422A 9-pin interface Includes standard SD-SDI (I/O) and HD-SDI interfaces (output ONLY), as well as AES/EBU digital audio I/O (SD only)

HDV to HD-SDI one-box solution:
HDV tape can be directly dubbed up to HD infrastructure without the need for additional peripheral devices

Wide variety of signal interfaces:
SD: analog composite, component, S-video, SD-SDI and AES/EBU HD: i.LINK (HDV) and HD-SDI (output ONLY)

Switchable recording and playback in both 60i and 50i DV formats:
3 recording formats: HDV 1080i, DVCAM, DV (SP mode) 4 Playback Formats: HDV 1080i, DVCAM, DV (SP mode), DVCPRO 25

Diverse complement of standard interfaces:
Analog video is selectable from HD component output, SD component I/O, SD composite video I/O, or S-Video I/O, via the menu Analog audio output via XLR connectors (balanced, x2) 6-pin i.LINK interface (x1): i.LINK input is selectable as either DV or HDV formats via a front panel button; HDV stream recording via i.LINK interface; Output either HDV or downconverted DV selected via menu HD-SDI output: Includes embedded audio and time code (TC), 720p30 playback is output as 720p60 SD-SDI I/O with embedded audio + TC AES/EBU I/O

Optional interface board:
HVBK-1505 Analog Input Board enables analog SD component, composite, or S-video, as well as balanced audio via XLR connectors.

Down-conversion capability:
Playback signal can be downconverted to 480i and output via i.LINK (DV) SD-SDI, and analog video interfaces. E-E down-conversion from i.LINK to SD-SDI, and analog video interfaces Down-converted display modes are selectable among Squeeze and Edge Crop

2.7 inch (viewable area measured diagonally) LCD front panel monitor with 3 display modes:1.

Built-in audio and video test signal generator:
Color bars, Black burst 1 kHz tone, silence

Full tape dubbing:
via i.LINK (HDV, DV) interface