JVC brings Blu-ray burning set-tops to the U.S., leaves all the fun overseas
SR-HD1500:
JVC TO UNVEIL BLU-RAY AND HDD RECORDER
COMBO DECKS AT CEDIA EXPO 2009
WAYNE, NJ (September 10, 2009) – JVC Professional Products, division of JVC U.S.A., will introduce its new SR-HD1500 and SR-HD1250 Blu-ray disc and HDD recorders at CEDIA EXPO Sept. 10-13 at the Georgia World Conference Center in Atlanta (Booth 1043). The latest in JVC's series of high performance professional combo decks, the units feature a built-in Blu-ray recorder and an internal hard disk drive for easy duplication and disc authoring without a PC. COMBO DECKS AT CEDIA EXPO 2009
With the SR-HD1500 and SR-HD1250, users can record and author professional BDMV (with menu) or BDAV discs. Advanced MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 (H.264) encoding provides support for HD and SD sources, and a built-in format converter can downconvert HD content for recording to a standard DVD. The units support BD-R or BD-RE (erasable) Blu-ray discs.
The decks offer a variety of digital inputs, including USB and i.Link (IEEE-1394) ports and an SDHC card slot, for wide compatibility with today's digital SD and HD camcorders. Composite and S-Video inputs provide interfaces for legacy analog devices as well.
Users can transfer videos from a camcorder or other device to the internal hard drive. Then, using a simple, menu-driven interface, edited clips can be assembled into a completed project and recorded to Blu-ray discs. Discs can also be authored for auto-start or repeat playback, which provide ideal options for presentations, kiosks, and point-of-sale displays.
Unprotected DVD and Blu-ray discs are easily duplicated as well. Simply insert the original disc into the drive, then specify how many copies to make. Disc content is temporarily stored to the hard drive, then burned to blank discs.
Both models include component and HDMI outputs for flexible monitoring options. The SR-HD1500 features a 500 GB hard drive, plus an RS-232C terminal and support for .MOV files (for Apple Final Cut Pro), which makes it compatible with footage recorded with JVC GY-HM100 and GY-HM700 ProHD camcorders in the SP (19/25 Mbps) mode. The SR-HD1250 has a 250 GB hard drive, but does not include RS-232C connectivity of .MOV support.
The SR-HD1500 has an MSRP of $2,550 and the SR-HD1250 has an MSRP of $1,995. The combo decks will be available in October 2009.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Yuriy @ Sep 10th 2009 2:51PM
WOW - are you sure that photo of Blu-Ray Recorder and not a CD player from 80's?
TRT @ Sep 10th 2009 2:17PM
Copywrite issues, again? OK, copy this......You can leave these units in Japan. I love the fact that all people of the world (except Americans) can have hi-rez recording units. But the powers that be have no problem filing a lawsuit against a twelve year old and his/her parents for downloading a twenty year old song on-line. WELL! I won't buy, rent, or go see anything at this point. I won't download or copy, either. THERE----Satisfied!!!!!!!!
Ken @ Sep 10th 2009 6:12PM
Am I the only one who prefers the look of pro gear to the home stuff? All business, no BS.
Slyrunks @ Sep 10th 2009 7:46PM
The model numbers are mixed up!
Brian Fisher @ Sep 11th 2009 2:36PM
I think this is another good step in the direction of Blu-ray Disc market adoption. We are in the thick of Blu-ray production, and one of the barriers to adoption is not having access to easy to use recording devices for Blu-ray. We have clients come in and say "I bought this new hi-def camera, and now I want to get a high def disc made". Well over the past year, that is a very costly proposition for the average joe who just wants to tranfer this video to disc. We would charge $400 for a simple 1 hour transfer, for the same standard def job, we would charge $29. This recording unit gives the average consumer an outlet to get this video converted at a more reasonable cost.
Brian Fisher
www.dvdduplication.net
Brian Kaempen @ Sep 12th 2009 2:11AM
I like the connectivity options and the FCP support, but when I get a BR drive, I'll just get a standard SATA one and be done with it. However, if I were to plug this into my Mac via firewire, would it show up as a burnable drive that way, or would I need to use the 232 to get media to it and it's hard drive?
-Brian