Sony XDCAM Professional Disc Drive
Product Highlights:
- External USB 3.2 Media Drive
- Dual-Channel Head for Fast Read & Write
- Up to 666 Mb/s Read Speed
- Supports XDCAM File Format
- Sony PDW-U4 XDCAM Professional Disc Drive
- AC Adapter
- Limited 2-Year Warranty
Sony XDCAM Professional Disc Drive
Sony PDW-U4 XDCAM Professional Disc Drive
The Sony PDW-U4 XDCAM Professional Disc Drive is an external drive for XDCAM Professional Discs, whether recording in SD or HD. The drive supports single-, dual-, triple-, and quad-layer disc media. In addition to using 128GB write-once disc media, the drive also supports legacy 23, 50, and 100GB rewritable media.
The PDW-U4 features a significant increase in speed over its predecessor, the PODW-U2, which translates to 2x faster read seed and 1.7x faster write speed. Files on the drive can be accessed by both Mac and Windows computers via a USB Type-C connection.
Supports XDCAM HD422, XDCAM HD, XDCAM SD, DVCAM, MPEG IMX, MPEG HD (4:2:0), and MPEG HD422 Direct access to files on Sony XDCAM Professional Disc media from a USB-connected PC SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface, backward compatible with high-speed USB 2.0 interface. Supports 128GB write-once XDCAM Professional Disc, backward compatible with 23/50/10GB rewritable single-, dual-, three-, and four-layer XDCAM Professional Disc media. Supports Windows and Mac via VFAM (virtual file access mode) driver
| Sony PDW-U4 Specs |
|---|
| General |
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| Interface |
USB 3.2
Connector: USB Type-C |
| Compatible Formats |
Video
MPEG HD422 (50 Mb/s)
MPEG HD (35/25/18 Mb/s)
MPEG IMX (50/40/30 Mb/s)
DVCAM (25 Mb/s)
Proxy Video
MPEG-4
Audio
MPEG HD422: 8-Ch / 24-Bit / 48 kHz
MPEG HD: 4/2-Ch / 16-Bit / 48 kHz
MPEG IMX: 8-Ch / 16-Bit / 48 kHz, or 4-Ch / 24-Bit / 48 kHz
DVCAM: 4-Ch / 16-Bit / 48 kHz
Proxy Audio
A-law: 8/4/2-Ch / 8-Bit / 8 kHz |
| Read Speed |
Up to 666 Mb/s |
| Power |
AC Power Adapter
USB Type-C 20 VDC, 3 A, 60 W (Computer Must Support this Output) |
