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An anthology of user stories, practical guidance, industry reviews, technical explanations and other information relating to JVC's new concept in bringing progressive HD to a broad base of professional video users and producers.

GY-HD101E being used in filming in Australia; A. User Stories
A series of ProHD user experiences.
Digit magazine logo for review of ProHD; B. Industry reviews
Coverage by the film and video media.
Horseracing; C. Shooting, producing and distributing
Some new ways of working.
GY-HD100 with lens; D. ProHD Hardware
HDV; lens options; signal permutations; HDD recording.
NLE chart image; E. Essential information
A collection of useful lists and charts.
image of magnifying glass; P. Glossary of terms & acronyms
This glossary covers a broad range of terms and acronyms.
image of question mark; Q. Questions & answers
Everything you ever wanted to know about ProHD but were too afraid to ask.
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ProHD Camcorders

DV HDV camcorder GY-HD110E
Compact camcorder, offering both DV and HDV recording, designed to be used on the shoulder, yet light enough and small enough for easy handheld shooting. A truly professional camcorder with interchangeable lenses, mechanical stops on the zoom, focus & iris controls, and twin XLRs. GY-HD110E has DV and HDV output only via FireWire. The standard package includes camcorder, viewfinder, 16x zoom lens, AC adapter / charger, battery and SD memory card.
DV HDV camcorder GY-HD111E
Compact camcorder, offering both DV and HDV recording, designed to be used on the shoulder, yet light enough and small enough for easy handheld shooting. A truly professional camcorder with interchangeable lenses, mechanical stops on the zoom, focus & iris controls, and twin XLRs. GY-HD111E has DV and HDV input and output via FireWire. The standard package includes camcorder, viewfinder, 16x zoom lens, AC adapter / charger, battery and SD memory card.
DV HDV Camcorder GY-HD200E
Compact professional ProHD shoulder camcorder, designed to produce the highest quality images in ENG / EFP and cinematography. It offers full-frame 720p/50 imaging and real 24p recording capability. Live uncompressed 1080i and live uncompressed 720p are also available.
GY-HD200E has HDV and DV output only via FireWire.
DV HDV Camcorder GY-HD201E
Compact professional ProHD shoulder camcorder, designed to produce the highest quality images in ENG / EFP and cinematography. It offers full-frame 720p/50 imaging and real 24p recording capability. Live uncompressed 1080i and live uncompressed 720p are also available.
GY-HD201E has HDV and DV input and output via FireWire.
DV HDV Camcorder GY-HD251E
Top-of-the-range, dual role studio & ENG / EFP camcorder with optional studio adapter, offering HD SDI / SDI and 26 pin multicore connectivity. Live uncompressed 1080i and live uncompressed 720p are menu selectable as the HD SDI output, which is also carrying embedded audio and timecode. The DC power requirement is 12V which can be supplied either via the built-in V-plate battery mount or via AC adapter and the 4 pin XLR connector.

ProHD Recorders

DV HDV recorder BR-HD50E
Compact, desktop 12V DC recorder player, offering both DV and HDV recording, which accepts both MiniDV and full-size DV cassettes. It operates in HD and SD as a source deck for an NLE system, as a tape archiving recorder and, with its HDMI port, as an HD presentation deck. In HD mode it plays and records in both 50Hz and 60Hz, plus various different cross-conversion facilities are built-in, including output of 1080i. It is a truly flexible multi-format video machine. This recorder player belongs to ProHD, the name given by JVC to their range of progressive HD products for professional HD systems.
HardDisk Recorder DR-HD100E
ProHD Hard Disk Recorder. Hard disk recording in all its simplicity and with all its advantages.

Battery Systems

PAG Power Adaptor 9522/75-P
PAG Power Adaptor packages. PAG created these special JVC Power Packages for the GY-HD100 and GY-HD101 camcorders. The special JVC mounting bracket incorporates a 14.8V to 7.2V regulator to power the 7.2V camcorder from professional PAG batteries. Furthermore the bracket has a 12V DC output connector for both lighting and the JVC Hard Disk Drive, DR-HD100. An optional PAG accessory mounting kit JFS100 is used to secure and power the DR-HD100.
AB Power Package AB-PROHD-PKG1
Anton Bauer created this special JVC Power Package for the GY-HD100 and GY-HD101 camcorders. The special JVC mounting bracket incorporates a 14.4V to 7.2V regulator to power the 7.2V camcorder from any of Anton Bauer's DC camcorder batteries - including the Hytron 140 for perfect counterbalance. Furthermore the bracket has 12V DC output connection for lighting and the JVC Hard Disk Drive DR-HD100. The bracket features a real time interface, which relays remaining runtime information - in hours and minutes - to the camcorder viewfinder. Already included in the AB-PROHD-PKG1 package is the add-on bracket accessory, AB-WMK-HD100, for mounting DR-HD100.
IDX Power Package IDX-100-E
IDX created this special JVC Power Package for the GY-HD100 and GY-HD101 camcorders. The special JVC mounting bracket incorporates a 14.8V to 7.2V regulator to power the 7.2V camcorder from IDX DC camcorder batteries. Furthermore the bracket has 12V DC output connection for lighting and the JVC Hard Disk Drive DR-HD100. An optional accessory mounting kit O-FS100 is used to secure and power the DR-HD100.
IDX Power Package IDX-200-E
IDX created this JVC Power Package for the GY-HD200, GY-HD201 and GY-HD251 camcorders. It complements perfectly the factory-fitted IDX V-plate which comes standard on all 200 Series ProHD camcorders. The bracket has 12V D-Tap connection for lighting and the JVC Hard Disk Drive DR-HD100. An optional accessory mounting kit O-FS100H is used to secure the DR-HD100.

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