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JVC includes Professional High Definition Recorder Player in its new ProHD Line-up (29/3/2005)

JVC Professional Europe announce the BR-HD50E, the first recorder player in JVC's newly announced ProHD* range, aimed at professional users who are wishing to continue with standard definition production yet be able to make an immediate and seamless transition to high definition video. The BR-HD50E is ideal as an editing source or as a recorder and player of edited programmes. It complements JVC's new ProHD camcorder GY-HD100E which is a 3-CCD, compact style camcorder with interchangeable lenses. The BR-HD50 deck and the camcorder are being launched simultaneously at NAB 2005.

The BR-HD50E allows users to transfer both high and standard definition video material to and from their NLE systems and to make inexpensive tape archives of both. Switchable between the HDV and DV recording modes and equipped with DVCAMT playback facility, the deck is an easy, flexible and cost-effective adjunct to any professional NLE system. The BR-HD50E features digital input and output via an IEEE 1394 standard 6-pin connector for lossless transfer and recording of high and standard definition material alike.

"We will continue to develop for the European professional video user a range of equipment for today's needs, which can take care also of the growing need for high definition," said Miguel Marino, Director of European Marketing at JVC Professional Europe. "The new range therefore had to be a good fit with both our current DV products and with high definition formats. The new player recorder had to be compact and very versatile in its signal handling and generation. The BR-HD50E was designed accordingly. As such it gives editing professionals the ability to transfer and playback both DV and HDV footage. Additionally, it gives them an inexpensive tape archiving facility, whatever the definition."

The BR-HD50E's tape mechanism accepts both full size DV and miniDV cassettes and so has the capacity to record up to 276 minutes of video in either standard or high definition. The unit supports signals that are recorded in 720p/24/25/30/ and 576/50p in HDV, and 576i/50 & 25fps in DV. A front panel 8-digit LED display provides display of time code, user bits and VTR status. With its built-in HDV decoder, it has the ability to convert 720p MPEG2 recordings to 1080/50i or 576/50i for monitoring purposes. JVC had the foresight to include an HDMI output, meaning that large screen TFT panels and indeed any video screen display or PC monitor which is "HD Ready" can be directly fed from the BR-HD50's High Definition Multimedia Interface.

The BR-HD50E also has versatile analogue input and output connections: component (via 3 x BNC), Y/C and Composite, as well as RS-422 control.

The BR-HD50E recorder player will be available in early Summer 2005 and is expected to have a list price of under 4,000 Euros.

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