Panasonic P2 Series ING: IT-based News Gathering

Random Access Playback and Nonlinear Editing:

The P2 deck

The P2 Series provides super-fast news

transmission from mobile vans. This is thanks in part

to the P2 deck, which features five P2 card slots and

the same kind of jog & shuttle operation as a VTR.

Simply view the thumbnails of the recorded clips on

the front-panel Colour LCD Monitor, and use the jog

dial to select the ones you want. The clips can be

played back instantly for on-air playback.

Its Playlist function lets you play the equivalent of

100 events on a nonlinear editor, for quick post-

acquisition program production and transmission.

With a USB 2.0 cable, you also can connect the P2

deck to a PC and use the deck as an external drive

for a P2-compatible nonlinear editor.

New P2 Drive for High-Speed PC/Mac Networks

P2 provides unique high-speed, low-cost solutions

in IT networks with nonlinear editors and servers.

The new AJ-PCD20 P2 drive lets you use P2 cards

in your desktop computer.* Or, using the P2 drive

and a P2-compatible nonlinear editor, you can edit

recorded files as video clips right on the P2 card

itself. There is no need for digitising. The new P2

drive, which offers an IEEE 1394b interface as well

as a USB2.0 interface, brings even greater speed to

data transfer with either a Windows PC or a Mac.

* The P2 card driver (standard equipped) must be installed.

The P2 card driver operates under Windows XP, Windows 2000,

and Mac OS X.

New P2 HD Series Continues to Evolve

The new P2 HD series offers full high-definition

capabilities. In addition to the AG-HVX200 handheld

camera-recorder now available, Panasonic will

introduce a steady stream of new P2 HD products,

including an HD-compatible P2 cam and P2 mobile.

In each of these products, the HD/SD multi-codec

will allow smooth migration from all previous

DVCPRO systems. There are also plans to support

the new AVC-Intra (H.264 compliant) codec*. As it

continues to advance, the new P2 HD series is

bringing to HD the outstanding reliability, speed and

IT compatibility that make P2 such a revolutionary

development.

* Requires optional equipment. The AG-HVX200 does not support

the AVC-Intra (H.264 compliant) codec.

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