Sony XDCAM Professional Disc Drive Unit

Sony PDW-U2 (PDWU2, PDW U2, PDW/U2, pdw-u2) XDCAM Professional Disc Drive Unit

The PDW-U2 extends the IT credentials of XDCAM by offering a simple and portable drive that can be used with a PC or Mac for viewing purposes (using free Sony software) or full read/write access with a compatible NLE. As a highly successful alternative to the PWD-U, the PDW-U2 supports the use of four, double and single XDCAM Professional Disc media, offering capacity of up to 128 G. Rewritable Triple layer discs will be supported at a later stage.

General

• Mass: 1.7 kg (3 lb 12 oz)
• Dimensions (W x H x D): 67.4 x 164 x 219 mm (2 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches)
• Power requirements: DC 12 V
• Power consumption: 19 W
• Operating temperature: 5 to 40°C (+41 to +104 °F)
• Storage temperatur -20 to +60°C (-4 to +140 °F)
• Humidity: 20 to 90% (relative humidity)
• Recording format
• 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 bits/48kHz
• MPEG HD: 4/2 ch/16bits/48kHz
• MPEG IMX: 8 ch/16 bit/48 kHz, or 4 ch/24 bit/48 kHz
• DVCAM: 4 ch/16 bit/48 kHz
• Interfaces: Super Speed USB (USB 3.0), Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0)
• Connector: USB3.0 Standard B x 1

In the box

• 1x PDW-U2
• 1x Operation manual
• 1x XDCAM Drive Software
• 1x XDCAM Browser Software