HD Color & Finish SuiteOur HD finishing suite is a spacious, comfortable room that will meet all of your high definition and standard definition video requirements. Creative editorial, HD and SD conforming and finishing, color grading (color correction) and mastering are all accomplished here. Utilizing Apple's 8 core Intel G5 computer, AJA Kona 3 hardware and Tangent control panels, the finishing suite's non-linear workstation handles all HD, SD (NTSC) and DV formats. This room features the latest Final Cut Studio 2 editing software, After Effects, Photoshop and a variety of other graphics programs. Monitor your HD and SD footage on a Sony BVM-D24EWU 24" CRT monitor with digital HD-SDI and analog component inputs. Clients are blown away with a crisp large-format experience thanks to our 50" Panasonic True 1080p HD/SD plasma display. 
The following is a list of gear available in EDIT 1: High Definition VTRsHDCAM SR/HDCAM Dual Format Player/RecorderFull-Bandwidth, Multi-Frame Rate, High Definition Mastering VTR Sony SRW-5500 
The SRW-5500 is Sony's first dual format recorder, switchable between Sony's HDCAM and HDCAM SR record formats. Capable of recording 23.98/24/25/29.97/ 30PsF, 1080/50i/59.94/60i, and 720/59.94P, the SRW-5500 was created to meet all common worldwide delivery requirements. The HDCAM SR format is capable of recording the gamut of HD frame/line rates in both 4:4:4 and 4:2:2 formats using the highly efficient MPEG-4 Studio Profile compression scheme. The SRW-5500 records HDCAM SR format video at 440 Mbps, 10 bit Log or linear, at 2.7:1 compression ratio in 4:2:2, and 4.2:1 compression ratio for 4:4:4. It can also record 12 channels of audio at 24-bit per sample resolution. HDCAM format recording offers the standard 4 channels of uncompressed audio.
The AJ-HD3700B meets all high quality HD and SD production requirements in one VTR. Quality is assured by full bandwidth (1920x1080) and 4:2:2 digital 10-bit component video in HD plus standard definition non-compressed 525i (NTSC) and 625i (PAL). Formats supported: D-5 HD (1080/59.94i, 1080/50i, 1080/25PsF, 1080/25P, 1080/24PsF, 1080/24P, 1080/23.98PsF, 1080/23.98P, 720/59.94P), D-5 (576i/50i, 480i/59.94i). Audio: 4/8 channels selectable.
High-Definition editing recorder utilizing HDCAM compression and 4 channels of audio. 1920x1080 switchable 23.976p, 24p, 25p, 29.97p, 30p, 50i, 59.94i, 60i. Includes HDKV-501a downconverter board and HKDV-507 pulldown board.
DVCProHD Player/Recorder Panasonic AJ-HD1700 
The AJ-HD1700 records three types of HD images - 1080/60i, 720/60p, and 1080/50i - and it comes equipped with eight digital audio channels for 5.1-channel surround sound. It plays all DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO P, DVCPRO, DV, and DVCAM tapes. The AJ-HD1700 has an advanced HD-SD conversion function that provides parallel output of HD/SD signals from a wide variety of sources. It can even output a 1080/24p signal from a 720/24p over 60 VARICAM source tape for convenient editing in 1080/24p. Featuring the DVCPRO HD-LP format (9-µ recording track), the AJ-HD1700 records and plays up to 126 minutes with an XL cassette, offering twice the recording density of DVCPRO HD. Also known as the Varicam format.?Download the Panasonic AJ-HD1700 specs here.
Standard Definition VTRsDigital BetacamSony DVW-A500 
The digital workhorse of the industry. Plays and records Digital Betacam and plays analog Beta SP. SDI, component and composite inputs and outputs.
DVCAM Sony DSR-1500A 
The DSR-1500A employs the DVCAM format, the professional extension of the worldwide standard DV format. The DVCAM format uses 8-bit digital component recording with a 5:1 compression ratio and a sampling rate of 4:1:1 for NTSC. SDI input, SDI, component and composite out. 2 channels 48k audio, 4 channels 32k audio.
Digital Betacam Sony BVW-70 
The analog workhorse of the industry. Component and composite inputs and outputs, 4 channels of audio.
Mini DV Sony GV-D300 
Small, lightweight, battery and AC operated mini DV deck also plays back mini DVCAM tapes. Firewire, S-Video and composite inputs and outputs.
HD Monitors24" Digital and Analog HD CRT Monitor with BKM-10R CCUSony BVM-D24E1WU 
24" Multi-scan monitor with two HD-SDI inputs and one component analog input 50-inch broadcast HD flat screen with HD-SDI inputs EDIT 1 WorkstationApple Intel 8 Core G5 with AJA Kona 3 and K-Box8 Terabytes SAS RAID 5 storage Misc. Hardware
Teranex Mini HD/SD Up/Down/Cross Converter |
