 Sony representatives will host seminars and demos to teach customers to use the XDCAM system this summer. |
Sony Electronics’ is hosting an open house for its XDCAM professional disc system this summer. Sony representatives in 31 cities will host full-day sessions under the theme “Redefining Your Workflow” that include educational seminars and hands-on demonstrations of the XDCAM.
The XDCAM family includes the PDW-510 DVCAM and the PDW-530 MPEG IMX/DVCAM optical disc camcorders, the PDW-1500 optical disc compact deck, and the PDW-V1 optical disc mobile deck. The system uses blue-laser based professional disc optical media, which can store 23.3GB of content on one disc.
XDCAM customers include:
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NBC News — The system will be used in a pilot test program for the network’s coverage of the Summer Games in Athens.
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Video rental houses Bexel and Wexler and production companies such as Communications Four and State of Mind Productions
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Fisher Broadcasting Group, WLS-TV, an ABC owned station in Chicago and KPRC-TV, a Post-Newsweek station in Houston
Sony has shipped 1500 units worldwide. Visit Sony online to find an open house near you.
