1 Beyond Announces Portable Uncompressed HD Direct-to-Disk Multi-Function Recorder

"1 Beyond will announce the new HD D2D-Max uncompressed HD recorder for MAC and PC at NAB 2007. Available immediately for $18,995 including 2.4 TBs of storage, the HD D2D-Max is the industry's first portable uncompressed HD direct-to-disk multi-function recorder, supporting maximum quality uncompressed HD with RAID protection.

The 1 Beyond HD D2D-Max records virtually all HD formats:
- Single Link 4:2:2 and Dual Link 4:4:4 HD-SDI (commonly known as Sony HDCAM SR or Thompson Viper Format)
- 4:4:4:4, 2K HSDL
- Full bandwidth 4:4:4 RGB at 10-bits (12-bit capable) for 1080i, 1080p, and 720p formats
- Native uncompressed DPX, Cineon, TGA, TIFF, BMP, YUV, AVI and QuickTime files

It can also convert between 4:4:4 and 4:2:2 formats for Single Link HD-SDI output and has 4:2:2 machine control.

The 1 Beyond HD D2D-Max comes with a standard with 2.4 TBs of shock mounted low mass storage for up to 20 hours of uncompressed SD, 7.6 hours of uncompressed HD in 8-bit 720P 24 or 4.3 hours of 10-bit 1080i 30. The disks are swappable allowing virtually unlimited storage and to allow the video to be used for instant editing on MAC or PC NLE systems while additional shooting is done.

Moreover, for the first time with this new system, uncompressed HD video can be fully protected in RAID 3, 5 or the ultimate 6. RAID 6 allows for one disk to fail and still have full RAID 3 equivalent protection so production can continue. A second disk can fail with still no data loss. The 1 Beyond HD D2D-Max also has very low RAID overhead. RAID 3 overhead leaves 2.2TB and RAID 6 leaves 2.0TB of usable storage."

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