Panasonic AJ-HD1800 manual

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    AJ- DVCPRO HD-EX Studio VTR[...]

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    The AJ-HD1800 is the first broadcast and studio VTR with XL DVCPRO HD cassette capability to feature an IEEE 1394 digital interface. It easily teams up with a DVCPRO HD nonlinear editor to produce a full two hours of HD content. It also excels over previous models with its 720/50p image capability, built-in input up-converter, standard-equipped UMI[...]

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    Multi-Format HD Recording and Playback With the addition of 720/50p, the AJ-HD1800 records in all of the world's HD broadcast formats in both 1080i and 720p video. It also plays back all DVCPRO HD sources, including the 1080/23.98p over 59.94i recorded by the AJ-HDX900 DVCPRO HD camera-recorder and the 720/24p (and 25p) over 60p recorded by Va[...]

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    AJ-HD1800 Playback Compatibility Chart * monochrome (Composite), no sync (SDI) Playback Tape Playback Tape Format HD Output (HD SDI) SD Output (Composite, SDI) IEEE 1394 Output DVCPRO HD DVCPRO50 DVCPRO DV DVCPRO HD 1080/59.94i 1080/59.94i 480/59.94i 1080/59.94i 480/59.94i - 480/59.94i 720/59.94p 480/59.94i 1080/59.94i 480/59.94i - 480/59.94i 1080/[...]

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    IEEE 1394 Digital Interface Equipped with an IEEE 1394 interface, the AJ-HD1800 can transfer HD or SD DVCPRO compression data without quality loss to a PC-based nonlinear editing system. Using an XL cassette, this enables nonlinear editing of a full two-hour program. You can also use the AJ-HD1800 for convenient dubbing from a P2HD memory card reco[...]

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    SYSTEM APPLICA TIONS IEEE 1394 P2 HD/P2 Cam P2 HD/P2 Cam P2 gear AJ-HD1800 P2 card P2 card P2 mobile DVCPRO HD Media Convert from P2 card to DVCPRO HD Tape IEEE 1394 HD-SDI IEEE 1394 HD Rec. Studio Camera Line Recording HD Content On-Line Editing AJ-HD1800 AJ-HD1800 Project Data SD Rec. Off-Line Editing FPU Receiver 1080i/720p 480i/576i IEEE 1394 ([...]

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    General Power Supply: AC (100-240) V ±10%, 50/60 Hz Power Consumption: 125W Operating Temperature: 5°C to 40°C (41 °F to 104 °F) Operating Humidity: 10% to 80% (non dew) Weight: Approx. 20 kilograms (44.1 lbs) Dimensions (WxHxD): 424 x 175.2 x 417 mm (16-3/4” x 6-15/16” x 16-7/16”) Recording Format: DVCPRO HD-LP Recording Video Signal: 1[...]

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    30K708ZM-1 Printed in Japan SP-HD1800PE1 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Systems Business Group 2-15 Matsuba-cho, Kadoma, Osaka 571-8503 Japan Phone +81 6 6905 4650 Fax +81 6 6908 5969 https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/ Argentina +54 1 308 1610 Australia +61 2 9986 7400 Bahrain +973 252292 Belgium +32 (0)2 481 04 57 Bulgaria +359 2 9[...]