The SRW-5000 is a high-end HD digital videocassette recorder that employs the HDCAM-SR format. Applications range from HDTV to digital cinematography. Key features include high quality 1080i, 1080P or 720P recording and playback, a wide array of internal format conversions, including 4:4:4 to 4:2:2 legacy playback of HDCAM and Digital BETACAM tape formats.

1080 recording and playback at multiple frame rates: 23.98PsF, 24PsF, 25PsF, 29.97PsF, 50i, 59.94i

720P/59.94/50 recording and playback

Switchable 4:4:4/4:2:2 recording (option)

New HDCAM-SR tape format

High quality MPEG-4 Studio Profile compression

12 channels of 24-bit audio at 48kHz

Internal format conversion (option)

Legacy playback (Digital Betacam option)

Long recording time on a single cassette of up to 155 minutes at 1080/24P

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

Confidence playback

Selectable downconverter 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 capabiity

Built-in Tele-file read/write capability

Metadata handling

Newly designed DT-Head

New tape formula

Easy maintenance

Supplied Accessories