Sony HVR-M10U HDV 1080i Digital Videocassette Recorder Start Price USD 500.00 Current Price USD 565.55 Time Left - Bid Count 5 Buy It Now Price USD 1,200.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, November 21, 2008 End Time Friday, November 28, 2008 Location Tampa, Florida See more about 'Sony HVR-M10U HDV 1080i Digital Videocassette Recorder ' Description This is a used HVR-M10U HDV VTR deck. This is a perfectly functional pull from a professional television station production environment. The unit was used primarily to capture footage directly into a non-linear editor (Final Cut Pro) via it's firewire connection. Thus, it's operational hours far exceed it's relatively low Drum and Tape hours. Everything is included with this deck (manual, power supply, firewire cable, and remote control) and it will ship in it's original box. The unit does have some scratches on the front panel, but otherwise works perfectly. Feel free to ask questions. We are a non-profit educational access center currently liquidation unused equipment. Visit us online at www.educationchannel.org. Thanks for looking, happy bidding! ----- The Sony HVR-M10U (www.sony.com) is a compact standalone VTR for the HDV format that's compatible with the company's HDR-FX1 and HVR-Z1U camcorders. The unit is a small package (8 12 x 7 x 2 34 inches high), slightly less than half-rack width, that can be used horizontally or vertically. Although vertical use might be a great space-saver, it would eliminate the advantage of the nifty 3.5-inch 16:9 LCD screen on the front. This screen displays the playback video and acts as a menu screen. The recorder can be powered from an inline-adapter power supply or from an L-series Lithium battery. The HVR-M10U can record and play back HDV 1080i, DVCAM, and DV (SP) on mini-DVCAM cassettes. It's compatible with both 50i and 60i, and will also play back HDV 720p tapes, though it can't record in that mode. It features on-the-fly down-resing of 1080i to SD; the quality of the down-res is good. I/O includes Y/C video, composite video, channel 2/4 and 1/3 audio, and component 1080i video (output only). A LANC jack provides an interface with older controllers, and an IEEE 1394 connector (Sony i.Link) provides serial digital I/O for DV and HDV data. The physical configuration of the deck is different from any other deck I've tested. Rather than being a tape slot, the entire front of the recorder hinges down to reveal a cavity with the tape mechanism and a panel of controls. It's obvious Sony simply adapted the HVR-Z1U tape transport into a box. Although this is a clever and economical way to get a recorder on the market quickly, it raises a question about the unit's durability because deck transports are specially engineered for heavy-duty shuttling of tapes and camcorder transports are engineered more for small size. This may not be such a big concern in these capture-into-the-computer days than it was in the old linear editing days, when tapes were shuttled back and forth many, many times in an edit session. And it may not be an issue for you if the transport is durable enough to handle all of the shuttling you want to do. Sony encourages using a VTR to reduce wear and tear on the camera. Place a Bid!