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Overview

Features

The DSR-2000/2000P is a 1/4-inch digital videocassette recorder using the DVCAMTM digital recording format. It uses a component video system, with separate luminance and chrominance signals and digital processing to realize a stable, high image quality.

This unit is equipped with a variety of functions needed for videocassette recorders and players used in video editing. By combining two units, you can easily assemble a cut editing system. It is also equipped with a full-fledged analog and digital interfaces to support hybrid systems that combine conventional analog equipment with digital equipment. Furthermore, it supports the Sony-developed ClipLinkTM function, improving operating efficiency when combined with a Sony EditStationTM.

The following are the principal features of the unit.

Wide track

The recording track width is 15 µm, 50% wider than the 10 µm of the DV format. This ensures adequate reliability for professional use.

PCM digital audio for high sound quality

The PCM encoding method yields a high audio quality, with wide dynamic range and high signal-to- noise ratio.

There are two recording modes: two-channel mode (48-kHz sampling and 16-bit quantization), which offers sound quality equivalent to the DAT (Digital Audio Tape) format, or four-channel (32-kHz sampling and 12-bit quantization).

DVCAM Format

DVCAM is a professional 1/4-inch digital recording format developed by Sony from the consumer DV component digital format (4:1:1 for DSR-2000/4:2:0 for DSR-2000P).

High image quality and high stability

The luminance and chrominance signals are encoded separately, with a 1/5 compression, giving a stable high quality video image.

Since this is a digital system, nth-generation copies created by repeated dubbing show virtually no loss in picture quality.

Playback compatibility with DV and DVCPRO formats

A DV cassette recorded on a DV format VCR as well as a DVCPRO(25) format recorded cassette can be played back on this unit.

Note

When playing back a tape recorded in DVCPRO (25M) format, the SDTI and i.LINK outputs (see the section “Digital interfaces” on the next page ) of this unit are muted. Furthermore, it is not possible to playback the cue-audio track of the tape.

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