1. GY-HD200/1(B) Introduction
Background
The ProHD solutions are well accepted by professional customers because ProHD meets their needs in a world with growing demand for HD content. Statistics show that more than 30,000 ProHD units were delivered worldwide by Sep, 2007.
The 720p format offers superior picture quality to 1080i when encoded in HDV especially in conjunction with the excellent HD camera engine provided by ProHD cameras.
JVC offers the unique “Direct File Access solution” as the fastest and easiest HD production workflow for Apple FCP with DR-HD100 (HDD Storage device) in this industry.
Therefore, JVC has successfully provided the benefits of progressive capturing, recording and editing in an HD workflow. The progressive formats have been strongly promoted by the EBU. The industry agrees that the progressive 1080p format is the next goal, but in a transition period both 1080i/25 and 720p/50 will coexist for several years ahead, because 1080i has also been established as a professional HD format in the European broadcasting industry.
We are also experiencing a transition from tape media to other storage solutions like hard drives and solid state storage devices which is accelerating in pace.
Recognizing these facts and in order to allow a wider user base to benefit from the unique ProHD advantages in the media transition period, JVC decided to add “HDV1080i recording capability onto DR-HD100 over the IEEE1394 interface” for the GY-HD200 and GY-HD201 cameras.

2. GY-HD200/1(B) Introduction
GY-HD200/1 original advantages
Compact shoulder form factor
Interchangeable lens with manually operated Focus, Zoom, and Iris
HDV 720p full raster progressive HD with mild 19Mbps bit rate suitable for transmission bandwidth
Direct File Access solution; The fastest and easiest HD workflow with DR-HD100
GY-HD200/1(B) new feature
Additional 1080i IEEE1394 output capability to record the native HDV1080i stream onto the DR-HD100 HDD storage device

3. IEEE1394 cable(provided with DR-HD100)
GY-HD200/1(B) New feature
Additional 1080i IEEE1394 output capability to record the native HDV1080i stream onto the DR-HD100
GY-HD200/1(B)
Mount
adapter
(Option)
DR-HD100
IEEE1394 cable(provided with DR-HD100)
HDV1080i recording over IEEE1394 interface
HDV1080i MPEG-TS stream can be recorded onto DR-HD100 (set by camera menu)
1080i60 or 1080i50 selectable (set by camera menu and DR-HD100 menu)
QuickTime (.mov) or m2t file format selectable (set by DR-HD100 menu)
Recorded 1080i file on DR-HD100 can be reviewed on LCD and viewfinder of camera (GY-HD201E(B) only)

4. GY-HD200/1(B) New feature
HDV1080i recording over IEEE1394 interface restrictions
HDV1080i MPEG-TS stream can be only recorded onto DR-HD100 ( it is not possible to record an HDV1080i stream onto the tape)
While recording HDV1080i stream onto DR-HD100, no signal (neither HDV1080i nor HDV720p) can be recorded on the tape simultaneously
Previously recorded HDV720p material on the tape cannot be converted to HDV1080i and output over IEEE1394
HDV1080i tape recorded on other equipment cannot be played back (same as original GY-HD200/1)
Possible
via IEEE1394
Possible
via IEEE1394
HDV720p
recording
HDV1080i
recording
Not
possible
Possible
Recording possible onto tape and HDD
simultaneously
Recording possible only on HDD

5. GY-HD200/1(B) Introduction
Time frame
Announcement: 18th of April, 2008
Delivery start:
GY-HD200E(B):From April.18th
GY-HD201E(B):From April.18th
Promotion materials
Brochure
NPN (PDF version)