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XDCAM® HD decks and Closed Captions

Concern for the hearing impaired initially led Congress to mandate closed captions.  But captions have also become valuable to English language learners, barkeepers and restaurateurs.  Now Sony XDCAM® HD studio decks make closed captioning infrastructure a little bit easier.

Instead of buying separate transcoders to convert the old standard def-compatible CEA-608 (Line 21) captions to high def-compatible CEA-708 (VANC), you can have Sony XDCAM HD studio decks do this automatically.  The PDW-HD1500 and F1600 decks can perform valuable closed caption conversions when equipped with an extra-cost firmware upgrade called the PDBZ-UPG02.  The supported functions are as follows:

• Line input SD-to-HD caption conversion.  Converts SD-SDI video input with CEA-608 (Line 21) captions to HD-SDI video output with CEA-708 (VANC) captions.
• Playback SD-to-HD caption conversion.  Converts SD video file playback with CEA-608 to HD-SDI video output with CEA-708.
• Playback 1080i to 720p caption conversion.  Converts HD 1080i video file playback with CEA-708 to HD-SDI 720p video output with CEA-708.
• Playback HD-to-SD caption conversion.  Converts HD video file playback with CEA-708 containing “608 compatible bytes” to SD-SDI or composite video output with CEA-608 Line 21 captions.
• Playback 720p to 1080i caption conversion.  Converts HD 720p video file playback with CEA-708 to HD-SDI 1080i video output with CEA-708.

The PDZ-BZUPG02 firmware upgrade carries a US list price of $2,950.  To arrange a purchase, please contact your Authorized Sony Reseller.  To locate an Authorized Sony Reseller, click here.

Disclosure, to comply with the FTC’s rules 16 CFR Part 255 This article was either written by Sony employees or for Sony by an outside contractor. It is intended for the Sony Channel on ProVideo Coalition, which Sony sponsors.

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