Newsrooms Size Up the Acquisition Battlefield.

Broadcasting & Cable, March, 2006

By Glen Dickson File-based workflows, HD key factors as stations switch out cameras Many of the options for acquiring digital video in the field don't use tape at all but instead record on computer-based media-for example, Sony's XDCAM format records on optical disc, while Panasonic's P2 format uses solid-state memory cards.

Also in the mix are hard-disk-based cameras from Ikegami and Thomson Grass Valley. All of these formats record video as digital files. For stations looking to enter high-def production or just produce higher-quality SD, there is HDV, too, a low-cost, compressed DV-based format supported with professional-grade cameras from Sony, JVC and new entrant Canon. Choosing a particular format entails more than just adopting new...

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