SONY52758_HVR1500 3/19/07 12:07 PM Page 1 ® The monitor image is simulated. HVR-1500 Digital HD Videocassette Recorder www.sony.
SONY52758_HVR1500 3/19/07 12:08 PM Page 2 Bringing a New Level of Functionality and Robustness to HDV Productions – the HVR-1500 HDV Recorder The HVR-1500 is an HDVTM source feeder/ recorder*1 positioned at the top of the Sony HDV Series.
SONY52758_HVR1500 3/19/07 12:08 PM Page 3 HDV FORMAT HDV 1080i Specification The HDV 1080i specification*2 for the HDV format features 1,080 effective scanning lines (interlace scanning system) and 1,440 horizontal pixels. It adopts the MPEG-2 compression format (MP@H14 for video), which uses 8-bit digital component recording with a sampling rate of 4:2:0. MPEG-1 Audio Layer II is used as the audio compression format, allowing for two-channel recording with a sampling frequency of 48 kHz/16-bit.
SONY52758_HVR1500 3/19/07 12:08 PM Page 4 PROFESSIONAL INTERFACES A full range of professional interfaces are available, allowing for flexible analog or digital configurations in both SD and HD systems. This allows operators to integrate the HVR-1500 exactly according to their system needs. HD-SDI Interface i.LINK Interface 4 5 The HVR-1500 provides an HD-SDI output* * capability, through which 1080/60i or 1080/50i HDV recordings can be output in normal playback and search modes.
SONY52758_HVR1500 3/19/07 12:08 PM Page 5 OPERATIONAL CONVENIENCE Built-in 2.7-inch LCD Monitor Picture Search (in HDV mode) The HVR-1500 is equipped with a 2.7-inch*13 color LCD monitor with a high resolution of 211 K dots. This allows operators to view the input source during recording and check the playback picture in a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. It can also display the 4-channel audio level meters and time code, as well as setup menus for video, audio, and VTR settings.
SONY52758_HVR1500 3/19/07 12:08 PM Page 6 OTHER FEATURES Compact Design (half-rack wide, 3U high) AC Operation (100 to 240V, 50/60 Hz) Low Power Consumption (approximate 60 W) VITC (Vertical Interval Time Code) (DVCAM format only) Video Processor Control via Menu Closed Caption Function (DVCAM/DV NTSC format only) SIRCS (Sony Integrated Remote Control System) Interface REAR PANEL Rear panel of the HVR-1500 (with the optional HVBK-1505 board) 6
SONY52758_HVR1500 3/19/07 12:08 PM Page 7 APPLICATION EXAMPLES HDV/HDCAM Linear Editing System HDV/XDCAM HD Production System i.LINK Interface Tape (HDV) Tape (HDCAM) XDCAM Disc XDCAM HD Recording Deck Dubbing HD-SDI HVR-1500 HD-SDI or i.LINK Interface Nonlinear Editing System HDCAM Recorder Tape (HDV) HVR-1500 RS-422A RS-422A RM-280 Editing Controller HD/SD Nonlinear Editing System i.
SONY52758_HVR1500 3/19/07 12:08 PM Page 8 SPECIFICATIONS HVR-1500 60i system Recording/playback performance Recording format Playback & down conversion format Tape speed HDV/DV SP DVCAM Playback/recording HDV/DV SP time DVCAM Fast forward/rewind time Video Input Digital video SD-SDI (BNC x1) Analog video Ref.
