Panasonic DVCPRO P2 Series, Brochure & Specs

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Random Access Playback and Nonlinear Editing:
The P2 deck
The P2 Series provides super-fast news
transmission from mobile vans. This is thanks in part
to the P2 deck, which features five P2 card slots and
the same kind of jog & shuttle operation as a VTR.
Simply view the thumbnails of the recorded clips on
the front-panel Colour LCD Monitor, and use the jog
dial to select the ones you want. The clips can be
played back instantly for on-air playback.
Its Playlist function lets you play the equivalent of
100 events on a nonlinear editor, for quick post-
acquisition program production and transmission.
With a USB 2.0 cable, you also can connect the P2
deck to a PC and use the deck as an external drive
for a P2-compatible nonlinear editor.
New P2 Drive for High-Speed PC/Mac Networks
P2 provides unique high-speed, low-cost solutions
in IT networks with nonlinear editors and servers.
The new AJ-PCD20 P2 drive lets you use P2 cards
in your desktop computer.* Or, using the P2 drive
and a P2-compatible nonlinear editor, you can edit
recorded files as video clips right on the P2 card
itself. There is no need for digitising. The new P2
drive, which offers an IEEE 1394b interface as well
as a USB2.0 interface, brings even greater speed to
data transfer with either a Windows PC or a Mac.
* The P2 card driver (standard equipped) must be installed.
The P2 card driver operates under Windows XP, Windows 2000,
and Mac OS X.
New P2 HD Series Continues to Evolve
The new P2 HD series offers full high-definition
capabilities. In addition to the AG-HVX200 handheld
camera-recorder now available, Panasonic will
introduce a steady stream of new P2 HD products,
including an HD-compatible P2 cam and P2 mobile.
In each of these products, the HD/SD multi-codec
will allow smooth migration from all previous
DVCPRO systems. There are also plans to support
the new AVC-Intra (H.264 compliant) codec*. As it
continues to advance, the new P2 HD series is
bringing to HD the outstanding reliability, speed and
IT compatibility that make P2 such a revolutionary
development.
* Requires optional equipment. The AG-HVX200 does not support
the AVC-Intra (H.264 compliant) codec.
Material Server
Data
Archive
System
Data
Tape
Library
On-Air Server
On-Air
PC
PC
EtherNet
P2 card
6. On-Air/Archive 5. Desktop Editing 4. Network
P2 drive
P2 mobile
Recorder
P2 deck
ING: IT-based News Gathering