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Designed for the professional videographer, the DSR30 is a digital videotape recorder / player well suited for non-linear editing systems. DVCAM recording / playback and consumer DV playback is possible, and the DVCAM format enables high-quality digital video with DV compression and high-quality digital audio, with a choice of 32KHz / 12bit x 2 stereo or 48KHz / 16bit x 1 stereo. The DSR30 accepts both mini cassettes and standard cassettes without adapters and its flexibility makes it popular with event videographers, graphic designers and independent filmmakers. The DSR30 uses the DVCAM format Recording and Playback to provide high video and audio quality and reliability for professional use. The 8-bit component digital recording with a 5: 1 compression ratio and sampling at the rate of 4: 1: 1 provides superb picture quality and multi-generation performance. The DSR30 is also capable of playing back the consumer DV format tape in both the standard and mini sizes (SP mode only). There are two sizes of DV...

Product Identifiers

BrandSony

SDC_BrandSony

MPNDSR30, DSR-30

UPC0072874309381

ModelDSR-30

eBay Product ID (ePID)66752052

Product Key Features

Playable MediaMiniDV

Additional Product Features

VCR TypeMiniDV

AudioStereo

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4.9

7 product ratings

6 users rated this 5 out of 5 stars
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Quality construction

Good image quality

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by sony-av-collector
06 Oct, 2022
5 Stars quality construction and image quality. Thanks.
5 Stars quality construction and image quality. Thanks.
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by robmetc_33
15 Apr, 2020
YEP IT'S A SONY !
FANTASTICALLY EASY TO OPERATE, PERFORMS FLAWLESSLY, WITH MANY GREAT FEATURES !
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
by royboyturner
08 Mar, 2017
just what I needed
worked perfect as described.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
by jc1964-2
10 Jun, 2022
2 thumbs up.
It is as it shoulf be. Very contented with it. Thanks.
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by wdsj
27 Jun, 2019
It did what I needed
It did what I needed; it reads DAT and Hi8 tapes.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
by ken3854ken
10 Jan, 2017
Transfer DV tapes to hardrive
Worked perfect. Transferred old home movies to MPEG4 files on hard drive. A little baby sitting was needed but the job got done.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned