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The MacroSystem HDV Recorder ($1999) provides real time, full resolution display of HDV material. With this technology, you may now efficiently archive, duplicate and view HDV footage, without compromising the resolution through compression and lengthy conversion times.   

The MacroSystem HDV Recorder continues the MacroSystem legacy of providing cutting-edge technologies that are easy-to-use. This exceptional product serves HDV demands that are not currently answered by other products on the market today. If you work with the higher resolution HDV signals, the MacroSystem HDV Recorder is the ideal addition to your studio as it is compatible with all HDV camcorders, recorders and HDV editing applications.

The console includes a removable 250 gigabyte hard drive, providing up to 30 project partitions to store up to 23 hours of HDV material. The HDV Recorder is compatible with all HDV formats: 720p, 1080i, NTSC and PAL and a single hard drive can contain any combination of these formats!
 

Discerning producers and editors know well the importance of accurate monitoring during the video editing process. With HDV programming, this can be all the more important. In a professional editing environment, it is essential that the output result of your HDV edit session is monitored. 

To do this, some solutions lower the video quality to enable it to playback on a PC monitor. Of the current editing systems that display HDV footage, some are limited to playing the footage back in a lower resolution “proxy” version or require a larger home style HD TV monitor using component connectors.

The MacroSystem HDV Recorder addresses these concerns, providing individuals with a powerful multi-purpose tool well-suited to the studio environment.

Ideal for professionals and others working with HDV streams, the Macrosystem HDV Recorder is the perfect solution for industrial HDV presentations and Point of Sale HDV applications where play lists and continuous HDV streams are desired. You can select a single project for playback or assign a series of projects for continuous high resolution playback.

With the Macrosystem HDV Recorder you have the option to enhance the 1080i image.

There are plans to allow RS232 control of the HDV Recorder, enabling remote and timed playback functions!

The Macrosystem HDV Recorder enables duplication of HDV material, without the need for a costly 2nd camera or HDV tape deck.

Import your HDV programming (raw footage and/or edited program) onto the Macrosystem HDV Recorder and, without any loss of signal due to compression, you now have the ability to duplicate that program back to tape via their original HDV camera.

This also provides you with a high quality, efficient and stable means for archiving this program material on the HDV Recorder removable Hard Drive.

As the HDV format battles wages on between Blu-ray and HD DVD, owners of HDV cameras now require a cost-efficient method for preserving and backing up HDV footage. Mini-HDV tapes can be inefficient, costly and put the footage at risk (Remove ‘Tape’ Drop-outs. These are all the more critical when recording HDV signals - a tape drop-out on HDV can cause an artifact lasting as long as one-half of one second)!

The Macrosystem HDV Recorder is THE solution for a stable, efficient and cost effective archival medium for all your HDV programming. With its internal (included)250 GB Hard Drive, the HDV Recorder provides you with 30 project folders with a capacity to store up to 23 hours of HDV programming! These folders are dynamic, enabling you to determine how much programming you wish to store in each.

And since the 250 GB Hard Drive is removable, you can keep separate projects, separate clients on each Hard Drive for easy storage and smooth workflow.

The Macrosystem HDV Recorder is compatible with all HD-V camcorders, recorders and HD-V editing applications.

The console includes a removable 250 gigabyte hard drive, providing up to 30 project partitions and storing up to 23 hours of HD-V material.

The HD-V Recorder is compatible with all HDV formats: 720p, 1080i, NTSC and PAL and a single hard drive can contain any combination of these formats!

Saves Camera Wear & Tear

By using the HDV Recorder to present your HDV programs, you save wear and tear on your expensive camera - reserving the tape transport and tape heads for what they are intended for: the recording of more programs.

Hard Drive Protects Your Valuable Projects From Drop-Outs

The HDV Recorder protects your valuable footage from tape drop-outs. HDV technology, while providing incredible high-resolution video is at risk from tape drop-outs. With large HDV data streams, these drop-outs cause an artifact on-screen as long as 1/2 second. By playing your program back from the HDV Recorders’ hard drive, your original tape is also safe from increased wear and tear and increased drop-out risk.

Highest Resolution Playback - Without Your Camera

The HDV Recorder provides you with the ideal High Resolution presentation device in your home entertainment system. Playing back your HDV programs from the HDV Recorder allows your HDV camera to be out and about, capturing more great footage… maximizing the investment in your HDV Camcorder!

Hardware features

- Standalone HDV hard drive recorder/converter-
- Real Time image enhancement and digital conversion
- Removable hard drive
- Front and back inputs for FireWire
- DVI and VGA outputs
- S/P DIF coaxial digital audio output, analogue stereo output, both active
- DVD Reader for future software updates and installation of additional hard drives
- Mini-Keypad with one-touch functions for record, playback and more
- Records 23 hours of HDV material to the 250 GB hard drive



Software features

- Compatible with PAL and NTSC, 720p and 1080i HDV material
- Compatible with all HDV camcorders, recorders and HDV capable editing systems
- Records up to 30 Films in full resolution HDV quality via FireWire
- 250 GB (or larger)removable hard drive
- Converts the HDV material in Real Time to DVI and VGA, with output resolution
up to 1920x1200 pixels (Full HD)
- Real Time aspect ratio correction (automatic)
- Real Time progressive scan mode, allows perfect playback of 1080i material on
LCD monitors without interlace artefacts
- Allows instant replay of the HDV material via DVI or VGA in full resolution
- Allows pause, Fast Forward and Rewind
- Allows trimming of recorded films
- Allows the setup of a “playlist” from multiple HDV films
- Loop mode for playback (individual films and play list)
- Allows lossless output of HDV material via FireWire
- Operated via Mini-Keypad and On-Screen-Menu
- Mini-Keypad can be disconnected for presentation purposes (POS applications)
- Easy to use GUI



Physical Dimensions
12.6” x 6.3” x 18.1”

What is HDV? *

HDV is a "consumer high-definition video format" proposed by a consortium of manufacturers. These companies proposed the basic format specifications in July of 2003, and the formal announcement of the format came in a press release from the HDV consortium on 30 September 2003.

HDV is native 16:9 with supported frame rates of 60i (frames-per-second interlaced), 30p (progressive), 50i, and 25p. All HDV variants record to existing standard DV format digital video cassettes, the most popular form factor of which is the Mini-DV shell. The transport stream interface conforms to IEEE 1394 (FireWire).

HDV1 (from JVC) is a 19 megabit-per-second MPEG-2 transport stream with a resolution of 1280 pixels wide by 720 pixels tall. HDV2 (from Sony and Canon) is a 25 megabit-per-second MPEG-2 transport stream with a resolution of 1920 pixels wide by 1080 pixels tall.

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