Sony will present new proposals in the XDCAM HD range at NAB

Sony will present two new XDCAM HD optical products at NAB 2012 in a special exclusive package for some markets.

Among other solutions, Sony PSLA will focus its presence at NAB 2012 with the XDCAM HD 4:2:2 PDW-680 camcorder and the HD 4:2:2 PDW-HD 1200 studio deck, which have been designed for Latin XDCAM customers, and have a cost of 30 to 40% lower than the existing line marketed in the region so far.

Andrew Nelles, Senior Product Manager at Sony PSLA, highlighted that “the PDW-680

The unit is switchable between 50i/60i and includes DVCAM recording as well as 35Mbps 4:2:0 and 50Mbps 4:2:2 XDCAM HD recording. Therefore, “the video camera will be very well accepted given that many of our clients have incorporated XDCAM systems in their stations,” he said.

“Many of our broadcast customers have adopted the XDCAM workflow using proxy recording, and the random access capability of

The PDW-680 can also incorporate our cutting-edge XM Pilot Wi-Fi adapter, CBK-WA01, allowing you to organize and add metadata in the field directly to Professional Disc media. We've shown this system to some of our key production customers, who see it as a huge time saver as they can actually name clips and add detailed information from their iPad, Android tablet or smartphone directly to clips in the field. The discs then arrive at the editing island already organized and the editor can go directly to the clips they need to edit with plenty of pertinent information to make their time much more efficient.

PDW-HD1200

Regarding the new PDW-HD1200 unit, Nelles highlighted that "it is our lowest-cost XDCAM HD 4:2:2 recording deck and, like the PDW-680 unit, offers interlaced recording and DVCAM recording as standard to provide a smooth migration from SD to HD. Both the PDW-680 and PDW-HD1200 units can play progressive recordings. This is a particularly important feature for the PDW-HD1200 unit because it can be used as an economical “on-air” deck to play back the entire

The PDW-680 will be available at the end of April and the PDW-HD1200 is scheduled for release in June.