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REV PRO Drives & Removable Media IT-Based Recording Media for Professional Video Applications
Key Points: • Low-cost IT-based drives and removable disk-based media, designed for video professionals • Combines the nonlinear advantages of a harddisk drive with the portability and costeffectiveness of videotape • Real-time recording and playback to/from the media; sustained data rate of 110 Mb/s offers through-put to support the highest quality HD • Improved multi-segment cache supports ability to write and read simultaneously (dual stream mode) • Storage capacity of 35 GB per disk offers greater than 2 hours of DV-based video record time • Robust drives and disks offer enhanced temperature and altitude ranges • Enhanced security offers password protection of data • Compatible with consumer-based disks and drives
REV PRO™ removable disk-based media offers unprecedented price/performance for video recording, playback, and storage. Based on the Iomega® REV™ removable storage systems, REV PRO drives and disks are specifically engineered for the demands of video professionals. REV PRO provides the portability and cost-effectiveness of videotapes—combined with the speed, flexibility, and ease of use of true nonlinear media like hard disks. REV PRO uses standard laptop hard drive components but is engineered for much greater reliability by placing only the magnetic media and motor within the removable cartridge. All the sensitive drive heads and electronics remain in the drive itself. This unique design increases durability while keeping the costs of the media down. REV PRO is completely interchangeable with standard REV products. However, to take advantage of all its features, REV PRO media is best when used with REV PRO drives.
Enhanced Performance For the video professional, REV PRO media offers many advantages over standard REV media. It provides enhanced bandwidth capacity. With a record/playback capability of up to 110 Mb/s, it has adequate throughput for HD video (up to 100 Mb/s) and the overhead support for audio, timecode, and metadata tracks (10 Mb/s). The bandwidth is also sufficient for dual streams up to 55 Mb/s each. In addition, REV PRO media offers improved simultaneous record/playback capabilities and faster rendering speeds for nonlinear editing systems. REV PRO products offers many physical enhancements that make them ideal for day-to-day production use. The media can be used in harsher environments with temperatures from –10ºC to 60ºC (14ºF to 140ºF), and at altitudes up to 4,500 meters (14,700 feet). The drive and removable media are robust and extremely durable. The disk can survive repeated 1.2-meter (4-foot) drops. The long-term archival rating of the media is specified at more than 30 years, and it can perform over one million record/erase cycles without failure. REV PRO disks also provide enhanced security features. Administrators can choose a master password and set up specific user passwords as needed on each disk. Data can also be securely erased ("shred" utility) and the disk reformatted when required.
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REV PRO Drives & Removable Media IT-Based Recording Media for Professional Video Applications
REV PRO Drives REV PRO drives offer a cost-effective solution for day-today ENG and production environments. They are ideal for rigorous day-to-day field use, as well as being well suited for studios and edit suites. REV PRO drives are available in both internal and external configurations. The internal drives, with either ATAPI or SATA interfaces, offer additional support for Linux—perfect for network and workstation installations. External portable drives are available in either USB 2.0 or FireWire (IEEE 1394) compatible with PCs and Macs. REV PRO drives offer unprecedented benefits to your workflow. They are an excellent choice for stand-alone storage and backup of video and other assets. The portable devices can easily connect via USB or FireWire to Infinity Digital Media Camcorders and Recorders or to any compliant personal computer. REV PRO drives' cost effectiveness doesn’t stop there. Simply attach an external REV PRO drive to a laptop PC and you have an instant, low-cost high definition preview station for under C500. No other system available today can do this. The affordably priced REV PRO drives bring greater flexibility and functionality to any workflow.
A Perfect Fit for Infinity Series REV PRO media and drives are part of the new Infinity Series of IT-immersed ENG and EFP products. The Infinity Series creates a truly open workflow solution—one that avoids proprietary approaches and uses available technology in new ways to give you the power of choice. Its underlying philosophy is based on a very simple principle: leverage technology from the IT industry to create new ways of doing things without sacrificing quality. REV PRO products are part of this new philosophy to bring readily-available, nonlinear recording media to the video and broadcast industries.
Record time comparison of common SD/HD data rates on REV and REV PRO media COMPRESSION FORMAT DV (SD) MPEG-2 (SD) MPEG-2 (SD/HD) JPEG 2000 (SD) JPEG 2000 (SD/HD) JPEG 2000 (HD)
VIDEO DATA RATE 25 Mb/s 25 Mb/s 50 Mb/s 25 Mb/s 50 Mb/s 75 Mb/s
RECORDING TIME >120 Minutes >120 Minutes >60 Minutes >120 Minutes >60 Minutes >45 Minutes
MAX FILE TRANSFER SPEED Up to 8X Up to 8X Up to 4X Up to 8X Up to 4X Up to 2.5X
About Grass Valley If you watch TV or go to the movies, you’ve seen Grass Valley products at work. That’s because we offer the most comprehensive, multi-format solutions for acquisition, production, storage, and playback-and a strong foundation for centralized, proactive status and activity monitoring. With Emmy® awardwinning products and worldclass technical and service expertise, we’re the experts in professional video and film technologies-especially as broadcast, television, and film production go digital. And we’ve got the Emmy award-winning technologies and the top-flight customers to prove it. Headquarters 17 rue du Petit Albi-BP 8244 95801 Cergy Pontoise Cedex FRANCE Sales and Technical Support Numbers North America Sales/Support +1 800 547 8949 +1 530 478 4148 Latin America Sales +1 786 845 5601 Support +1 530 478 4148 Pacific Sales +852 2531 3000 Support +852 2531 3056 Rest of the World Sales +33 (0) 1 34 20 70 00 Support +800 80 80 20 20 (West/North Europe only) +33 (0) 1 48 25 20 20 (East Europe, Middle East, Africa) To find an account representative, dealer, or distributor nearest you, visit www.thomsongrassvalley.com/sales
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