Sony SRW-5500/2

The SRW-5500 is a high-end HD digital videocassette recorder that employs the HDCAM-SR format. This VTR also allows recording and playback of the well-proven HDCAM format. Applications range from HDTV to digital cinematography. Key features include high-quality 1080i, 1080PsF, or 720P recording and playback, a wide array of internal format conversions, including 4:4:4 to 4:2:2, legacy playback of Digital Betacam tape formats.

The 5500/2 is equipped with 444 RGB SQ recording and playback as standard, so the HKSR-5003 is no longer needed.

• 1080 recording and playback at multiple frame rates: 23.98PsF, 24PsF, 25PsF, 29.97PsF, 50i, 59.94i in HDCAM and HDCAM-SR formats.
• 720P recording and playback (HDCAM-SR only)
• The 5500/2 is equipped with 444 RGB SQ recording and playback as standard, so the HKSR-5003 is no longer needed.
• High quality MPEG-4 studio profile compression
• High quality audio recording: 12 channels, 24-bit audio at 48kHz in the HDCAM-SR format
• Internal format conversion including up and down conversion, 4:4:4 to 4:2:2 conversion
• Playback of Digital Betacam format tapes
• Long recording time on a single cassette of up to 155 minutes at 1080/24PsF
• User friendly controls
• Frame accurate insert/assemble editing
• High speed colour picture search
• Dynamic tracking playback
• Digital jog sound
• Dynamic Motion Control (DMC) playback
• Pre-read editing
• Dynamic tracking playback
• Confidence playback
• Selectable picture modes including squeeze, letter box and edge crop
• Audio output channel routing: can route audio to any HD-SDI or SDI output
• Dual-sync operation
• Off-speed playback capability
• Built-in tele-file read/write capability
• Metadata handling
• Newly designed DT-Head
• New HDCAM-SR tape formula for high realiability and durability
• Easy maintenance