DIGITAL PRODUCTION IN THE NETWORKED AV/IT ERA MPEG ...

DIGITAL PRODUCTIONIN THE NETWORKED AV/IT ERACONTENTSAN INTRODUCTION TO MPEG IMXAN INTRODUCTION TO MPEG IMX . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2MPEG IMX TECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MPEG IMX IN ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6PRODUCT LINE-UPCAMCORDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8MSW-900P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8CAMCORDER ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9STUDIO RECORDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10MSW-M2000P/1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10MSW-A2000P/1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10MSW-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11STUDIO PLAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11MSW-M2100P/1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11STUDIO RECORDER/PLAYER ACCESSORIES . . . 12e-VTR NETWORK INTERFACE OPTION . . . . . . . . . . . 12COMPACT PLAYERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13J-3/A AND J-3/SDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14It has never been more important to increase theefficiency of programme production. But for prestigiousbroadcast productions, improving efficiency alone is notenough. Programme quality must be maintained and thechallenge of distributing content across multiple deliveryplatforms must also be met. Choosing production systemswhich meet business needs today, and future-proof anoperation for business tomorrow, is a critical decision foreveryone.MPEG IMX camcorders, studio recorders and players havebeen designed from the ground up to meet thesedemands. Building on over 25 years of Sony designexperience, MPEG IMX is already meeting the needs ofbroadcasters and production facilities around the world.Users have entrusted the production of sports, drama,arts, commercials, news and natural history programmesto MPEG IMX, as well as distribution and long termarchiveof content.MPEG IMX provides the combination of excellent pictureand sound quality, class-leading editing performance andrugged reliability which is mandatory for today’s operations.And to guarantee continued revenue from existing tapelibraries, MPEG IMX recorders and players providecompatible replay of Betacam, Betacam SP, Betacam SX,MPEG IMX and Digital Betacam cassettes.2