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Does Sony plan to immediately discontinue the XDCAM SD line?

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Does Sony plan to immediately discontinue the XDCAM SD line?

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No. Standard definition XDCAM products answer an established need for top-quality SD production at up to 50 Mbps. Sony sees SD video production still having a relatively long life and is continually adding to the SD product line up and feature set. Sony recently introduced the XDCAM Cart machine and in June 2006 plans to deliver the PDW-R1 field recorder. Another product under development which was demonstrated at NAB 05 is an XDCAM internal drive unit that would fit into a bay on a desktop PC. With a distinct feature set, XDCAM SD products complement and interoperate with the XDCAM HD product line. XDCAM HD products can play back DVCAM™ 25 Mbps material recorded on XDCAM SD products.