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IN-STOCK - Ships Today Sony XDCAM Disk- 23GB, PFD23ANew "Nonlinear" Recording Medium- The XDCAM Professional Disc.The Sony XDCAM Professional Disc media, PFD23A, is a newly developed, single-sided optical disc that uses state-of-the-art blue-violet laser technology to enable extremely large-capacity recordings. The diameter of the disc is a mere 12-cm, equal to that of other optical media such as CDs or DVDs. Yet, despite its small size, the disc provides an amazing storage capacity of 23.3 GB - a feat made possible using a 405 nm blue-violet laser, an objective lens with a 0.85 numerical aperture (NA), and a specially developed recording layer. Sony has taken great care in selecting the XDCAM Professional Disc media as the next-generation professional recording medium. The choice is based on Sony experience and technical expertise in developing and marketing a wide range of professional products that have effectively served users around the world for several decades.Flexible PlatformThe XDCAM Professional Disc system is a very flexible platform on which an assortment of data in a variety of formats can reside. The use of optical disc technology eliminates the restrictions inherent in proprietary tape footprints, and allows a variety of different video formats to be recorded as 'data files', and is therefore extremely flexible as to what can be recorded to it. In addition to video and audio streams, you can record a variety of metadata, such as date/time information and comments indicating the material content. Furthermore, computer files created on Microsoft Word, PhotoShop, and other application software can also be stored on the XDCAM Professional Disc media*. *Up to 500 MBLargest-Capacity Optical Disc The superior disc capacity of the XDCAM Professional Disc media enables you to make high-quality, yet long duration recordings. Its 23.3GB data capacity translates to a recording time of 45 to 85 minutes depending on the bit rate the camera the operator chooses.High Transfer Rate The XDCAM Professional Disc's data transfer rate is 72 Mb/s from a single optical head unit and 144 Mb/s on a dual head deck, providing stable recording and playback of high bit rate data such as a 50 Mb/s MPEG IMX stream.Quick Random AccessThe nonlinear nature of the XDCAM Professional Disc media alone provides tremendous benefit when handling audio/video content. When a recording is played back from the disc, its physical location on the disc does not impact the time required to access it. Recordings can be accessed in a fraction of the equivalent time taken to access information on disc, making it much easier and faster to locate source material. This is the beauty of random access, and all Sony X