ADVC-HD50 Converter
The Thomson Grass Valley ADVC-HD50 converter lets you instantly convert
uncompressed HD video and audio from HDMI devices to the HDV format, output via
IEEE 1394 FireWire, for use in your nonlinear editor of choice. Carrying on the
design philosophy already present with standard definition (SD) ADVC products,
the ADVC-HD50 converter sports a sleek, portable design with an emphasis on
simplicity and compatibility; the converter does not require any drivers or
software to set up, and is compatible with both PC- and Mac-based editors.
The ADVC-HD50 converter will convert any uncompressed HDMI
source, such as an AVCHD camcorder, to the HDV format for easier editing. This
also reduces the need for a high-performance system or costly hard disk drive
storage configurations to work with uncompressed HD video. The converter may
also be used to convert non-HDCP-protected video from other HDMI sources, such
as game consoles and set-top boxes.