The NEW Digital Betacam Recorder with Multi-Format playback Including; Optional High Definition Up-Conversion.

Size

It's smaller and lighter than a DVW-A500P which helps for any rental company as it's not a back breaker to lug around.

Multi-Format

The DVW-M2000P will playback Oxide, SP, SX and IMX formats.

High-Definition

In the industries move towards better quality HD is becoming increasingly more used for standard television programming, with this in mind SONY have made the DVW-M2000P capable of Up-Converting existing stock footage to HD with an optional Board.

In's and Out's

The Inputs and outputs are:

• Composite/Component/SDI/AES/EBU and analogue audio. As per DVW A500P audio is embedded as standard.
• The DVW-M2000P is in essence the same as the DVW A500P one of the things we noticed is everything is menu driven.Timecode presets and reference are not on switches. This is not a problem as most new technology is software based.
• The M2000P has 3 user presets in the menu for internal set-up's and also has a Sony memory stick port for saving and recalling set-up's between VTR'S.

Multi Standard

What a Pity the DVW-M2000P is multi format only, it is not multi standard so Playback and record is PAL Only.

Why should I buy a DVW-M2000P if I have a DVW A500P
To playback IMX & SX formats.
To Up-Convert to High Definition. (Optional)
Price.

Fast familiar editing performance
Operators around the world are familiar with the editing features provided by the DVW-A500P. The same easy-to-use controls have been designed into the DVW-M2000P. Assemble, Insert and Pre-read editing combined with smooth Jog and Shuttle control keeps the edit session moving at a rapid pace.

Long record duration onto digital tape
The DVW-M2000P records up to 124 minutes onto a large Digital Betacam cassette and up to 40 minutes onto a small cassette. That's significantly more than the capacity of a Betacam SP VTR, and the pictures look better too.

Flexible signal interfaces
The DVW-M2000P has composite and component analogue, and SDI inputs and outputs as standard. Audio can be input and output from the DVW-M2000P via the analogue, AES/EBU or SDI interfaces which are a standard feaure of every machine.

Industry-standard remote control interface
The RS-422A control port allows control from a wide range of Sony and third party controllers. You can quickly connect the recorder to your favourite edit controllers for studio or outside productions.

Easy integration into existing cart systems
Digital Betacam VTRs are the ideal machines with which to digitise an existing Betacam SP "on-air" facility. The DVW-M2000P is the same 4U height as the MSW-M2000P/1 Series MPEG IMX VTRs, and can be installed into Sony or third party cart machines with minimum disruption to your operation.

Audio "track bouncing" for speedy sound editing
Each of the 4 channels of 20 bit digital audio can be independently edited, and audio can be edited seperate to video even in pre-read mode. So, you can "bounce" audio tracks from channel to channel for complete flexibility in audio post production.

Automatic alignment after routine maintenance
Automatic alignment of the signal path after routine servicing is achieved via the Maintenance Menu of the DVW-M2000P. This speeds up routine maintenance and keeps operational downtime to a minimum.

High Definition Up-conversion with optional plug-in board
In recognition of the continued increase in the number of High Definition productions, a plug-in HD Up-convertor board can be fitted into the DVW-M2000P. This provides a 1080/50i output via HD-SDI from Betacam, Betacam SP, Betacam SX, MPEG IMX and Digital Betacam cassettes.

Memory Stick slot for rapid VTR configuration
A Memory Stick slot is located at the front of the VTR, and operational set-ups can be uploaded and downloaded to the DVW-M2000P from the Memory Stick. This feature is especially useful to quickly reset to a standard set-up after VTRs are returned from hire.

The DVW M-2000P is available for Rental and Sales.
Please call Sales or Rentals for enquiries.

Try before you buy?

The SONY DVW M 2000 P brochure.

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