We have been doing pretty extensive mastering and camera acquisition with XDCAM for the last ten years, although we're starting to phase it out. The two USB devices, PDW-U1 (USB 2.0) and PDW-U2 (USB 3.0) both work great with Avid, the "Export to XDCAM" works great, you can include captioning in those masters. We also have the PDW-HD1500 deck with SDI in and out. We used to use this deck to batch capture when we were in a proxy workflow- proxies are built in to the XDCAM disc format so it's very easy to use a proxy/hi res workflow. The PDW-U2 are pretty scarce used, while there are quite a few HD1500's for sale used. You may actually be able to find an HD1500 cheaper than a PDW-U2 new price.
Ross Fitts
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> We air on 13 local stations in rural Japan, and are still delivering to the stations on HDCAM tape.
> We just got word that with Sony no longer supporting HDCAM deck repair, most of these independent stations will be switching to deliverables on XDCAM HD disks.
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> No experience with XDCAM disks so far. Since we will only be using it for deliverables, I'm wondering if the USB drive (PDW-U2) is the way to go, with Avid's "Export to device..." or if it is better/faster/more stable to use an XDCAM HD deck with all the usual HDSDI ins & outs, RS422 control, and Digital Cut.
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> Googling has not been too helpful....
> Any advice from those who have used XDCAM is greatly appreciated!
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> Tim Selander
> Tokyo, Japan
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