JVC Professional APRIL 2007 NAB-2007 The ProHD Report
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Winning more viewers … with ProHD
The purpose of this Report is to expose the virtues of ProHD, a highly cost effective
HD ENG camcorder and acquisition system, enabling any TV station to quickly and
professionally convert a current ENG work flow to HD ENG.
The name of the game for TV stations is winning more viewers. And for most
stations, that means getting more eyeballs for the local news casts. And to do it cost
effectively. Increase the top line, control expenses and increase the bottom line. With
less than two years to go to the NTSC turn off in February 2009, and with the
consumer HDTV purchases accelerating, going to HD news and HD ENG must be a
major part of any TV station’s strategy in winning more viewers. The SD status quo
is no longer acceptable.
High Quality = Full bandwidth HD
JVC’s ProHD is the only cost effective HD camcorder system with full native
bandwidth performance: 1280x720p60. Why is that important? The ProHD format
requires an absolute minimum of pixel conversions as it maps the ATSC 720p60
4:2:0 transmission pixel for pixel. No other HD camcorder format can do that unless
you pay many times the price of the ProHD ENG system. Here is a list of ALL HD
camcorders available or announced with full ATSC native IMAGER acquisition
bandwidth, intended for HD ENG or HD EFP for local television (March 2007):