PDW- U1 XDCAM MAC write back finally...

Great timing!

The PDW-700/1s are also starting to ship more in the USA. We have a few coming in next week that are not pre-ordered yet.

I bet Sony did it on purpose, to release the write back functionality of the PDW-U1 with the new availability of the PDW-700s. If Sony would update the USA site to include these new downloads!!!
 
I am not sure if this has all come too late as an archive media. The drive is around 15x more than a BluRay burner and the media is around 3x the price of BD-R.

If all you are doing is burning and archiving data files from the likes of a EX camera, I'm not sure I see the need for XDCAM media anymore.
 
Very good news indeed. Forgive my ignorance but can you provide us with a download link for the software? Can't seem to find the 2.9 version...
 
GuyB said:
I am not sure if this has all come too late as an archive media. The drive is around 15x more than a BluRay burner and the media is around 3x the price of BD-R.

If all you are doing is burning and archiving data files from the likes of a EX camera, I'm not sure I see the need for XDCAM media anymore.
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Bluray and XDCAM are different medias my friend.

BR Discs will degrade quickly over time. Not to mention they're vulnerable to scratches and the sort.

With XDCAM you get a minimum of 1000 ready/write/erase cycles.
They can be played over a million times. And can be used from -22°F to 131°F. They utilize the same blue laser technology of BR-Ds.... but the laser doesn't come into contact with the disk like in a BR drive. Also XDCAM disks have a nice protected casing... something you can easily slap onto a shelf in my opinion. They're like $1/gig too!

Read/write speeds are approximately the same. Although bluray is quickly speeding up! They also have the same file size capacities.

I guess compared to the hassle that LTO Tape Drives are... I'm a XDCAM fan! I don't trust DVDs let alone Bluray disks. I guess in reality it's the same tech... just XDCAM disks have a more robust design.
 
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