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Princeton Media Communications Association

MARCH 2007 MEETING

Come See Sony’s XDCAM 
and Say Goodbye to Tape

Steve Sarafian, Sony

Date:        Thurs., March 22, 2007
                 6:30 PM for food and networking, 7:00 PM meeting start
Location: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
                Templeton Hall Basement Studio,
                College Road off Alexander (Directions below)
Cost:         Free for Princeton MCA-I Members
                      $5 for other MCA-I chapter members and students,
                      $15 for non-members.
                      Includes delicious submarine sandwiches, sodas & snacks.

Additional Information
Directions to the Meeting

Come meet Steve Sarafian, the Northeast Region Sales Support Engineer for Sony Business and Professional Group, covering XDCAM and HDCAM products, and see a presentation/demo introducing the current XDCAM product line. Concepts such as file-based recording, proxy and metadata based workflows will be discussed and demonstrated. In addition, the application of these concepts will be shown as it relates to the workflow in Apple’s Final Cut Pro. The XDCAM Import plug-in for Final Cut Pro will be demonstrated, along with advanced features of this application.

Sony's XDCAM® Professional Disc™ System is an optical disc based video production system. It utilizes state-of-the-art blue-violet laser technology to achieve high data transfer rates and long recording times for practical day-to-day operations. It’s now used by a large number of broadcast stations, production companies, sports teams, corporations, houses of worship, government, and educational facilities around the world.

The Sony XDCAM Series of optical disc products use file-based recording and random access capabilities that not only remove the “linear-natured” barriers common to tape media, but also merge the AV and IT worlds by featuring the functions required for both domains. In addition, the optical media used for the XDCAM Series has been designed to be both highly durable and reliable, suited to even the harshest operating environments.

It allows the recording and playback of a wide assortment of data, including the “MPEG HD” codec based on MPEG-2 MP@HL, MPEG IMX™, and DVCAM™ data streams, metadata, and low-resolution copies (proxy AV data) of your recordings.

As always, the presentation will be adapted to fit the interests of the audience and feature a rich Q & A.


Join Us!

If this meeting sounds intriguing, now would be a good time to join PMCA. Our managerial board is always looking for people who are excited about the video or electronic media profession and want to help make the organization’s meetings successful and rewarding.

Those interested in joining or sponsoring our activities should contact Andy Kienzle, PMCA President, at NXLevel, 609-466-2828, x20, akienzle@nxlevel.com. And visit our website: www.movingimage.org


Additional Information

Contact: Andy Kienzle, PMCA President,
          609-466-2828 ext. 20, akienzle@nxlevel.com

Princeton MCA-I 
         www.movingimage.org


Directions to Princeton Theological Seminary

The Princeton Campus of Princeton Theological Seminary is between 
Route 206 / Stockton Street, Princeton Pike / Mercer Street (Route 583), and College Road, off Alexander Road in downtown Princeton.

Templeton Hall is on the right a short distance down College Road from Alexander Road (first right from Alexander going south from Mercer).

We meet in the TV Studio (lower level) of Templeton Hall (Building 21 on the map). Plenty of parking on the new parking deck adjacent to the building (go up the ramp). Enter the side door of Templeton Hall, near the bottom of the ramp.

Maps: http://www.ptsem.edu/About/pdfs/revisedmap01.pdf

Directions: http://www.ptsem.edu/About/Campus_Maps.php

Driving directions for Princeton Theological Seminary


Please note: PMCA is no longer sending a snail mail newsletter. Please make sure we have your correct e-mail address and pass this meeting notice along to others!


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