Sony HVRDR60 Hard Disk Recording Unit

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Via a simple i.LINK connection, the HVR-DR60 Hard Disk Recording Unit developed by Sony allows recording of HDV1080i stream from an HDV camcorder, or DV stream from a DVCAM camcorder. The 1.8-inch internal HDD offers a large capacity of 60GB, which translates into an impressive approx. 70 minutes (4.5 hours) for both HDV and DVCAM recordings. The HDV1080i stream is recorded as native HDV files (.M2T), while DVCAM or DV stream is recorded as DV-AVI type1) or RAW DV files. When connected to a PC, the HVR-DR60 is recognized as a standard external drive, so you can immediately access and edit the recorded footage just as any typical video file. This saves the time previously required for digitizing material from the tape to PC - time that could otherwise be spent for more creative and productive editing tasks. A leading manufacturer of nonlinear editing software has announced its intentions to support the HVR-DR60. Additionally, via the i.LINK connector, the HVR-DR60 can output an HDV or DV stream. Using the hybrid recording function, in which video and audio material is recorded simultaneously to the hard disk and tape, you can be assured that you won't lose an important shot. In the rare case that either the tape device or hard disk fails, you will always have a backup. The hybrid function also facilitates archiving operations of your all-important source footage - which in most cases do not allow for reshoots. After a shoot, immediately archive your source tape and use the HVR-DR60 material as your work footage. Unlike camcorders using low-capacity recording media, there is no need to invest the time and effort in copying the original data to a separate high-capacity medium. Just reformat the HVR-DR60 and you are ready to go on your next assignment. The last thing you want to worry about on location is using different types of batteries. With the HVR-DR60 you can use the same infoLICHIUM L Series batteries that are used for the HVR-V1U, HVR-Z1U and DSR-PD170 camc

Specification	Description
Model	DVRDR60, HVRDR60
UPC	027242706989
Select	Portable Video Storage Devices

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★★★★☆

4.0

Lots of road experience with this unit

"Hello all, I just wanted to fill you in on this drive.I tour for a living with major label recording artists and have now been all over the world with this unit. It took a little while getting used to the workflow involved with using .M2T files in Premiere Pro, but using Cineform's HD Link app that comes with Aspect HD, I've been able to fine tune this process a bit. Keep in mind what others have written, that y..." Read Full Review »

Aug 21, 2007 by Adam

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1.0

Great idea... Poor result

"This would be an invaluable tool to transition to tapeless recording if Sony's engineers had put some thought into how it would be used. 1. The hard drive should be a swappable 2.5" laptop drive, which could then be plugged into a hot swap bay in any of our edit suites. 2. The price point is WAY out of line. Were it under $1000 with swappable drives I would buy 4 immediately to convert our 4 Sony cameras to ha..." Read Full Review »

Oct 27, 2009 by [@]

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Lots of road experience with this unit

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Great idea... Poor result

★☆☆☆☆

1.0

"This would be an invaluable tool to transition to tapeless recording if Sony's engineers had put some thought into how it would be used.

1. The hard drive should be a swappable 2.5" laptop drive, which could then be plugged into a hot swap bay in any of our edit suites.

2. The price point is W …" Read Full Review »

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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Sony HVRDR60 Hard Disk Recording Unit Review

Using it in place of an HD deck

★★★★☆

4.0

"I bought it less for workflow considerations than to save the heads and gears of my V1U; it's cheaper than a Sony HD deck[...]And I was pleased to see that it's also compatible with my SD PDX10 (although I have a DSR-11 deck for that). The first time out, I had the V1U in 24P mode and the DR60 captu …" Read Full Review »

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4.0

"I bought this unit because I upgraded to the Sony HVR-V1U and thought it might save a little wear-and-tear on the tape heads/motor.

This little unit is very compact, solid, and is pretty straight-forward to use. It is also very easy to transfer video to the computer via the firewire connection. …" Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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Sony HVRDR60 Hard Disk Recording Unit Review

it CAN be used with Final Cut Pro

★☆☆☆☆

1.0

"Hi,

I used this disk, borrowed, so I don't own it. It gave me some headaches as I use it with my pmw-EX1, this unit doesn't record on every format as the cam does, so you have to be careful with this, the best recording formats from the cam are NOT supported by this unit, maybe it's just compatib …" Read Full Review »

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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Lots of road experience with this unit

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Lots of road experience with this unit

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Using it in place of an HD deck

HVRDR60

it CAN be used with Final Cut Pro

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