Ikegami Tsushinki Co., Ltd and Toshiba Corporation today unveiled details of their strategic partnership under which the two companies will jointly develop and promote an advanced video production/editing system for broadcasters and video professionals. The total system comprises the GFCAM Hybrid Tapeless Camera; GFSTATION an entirely new central video management and recording system based on flash memory; and GFSTATION PORTABLE, a portable version of GFSTATION. All image and sound data are recorded to GFPAK, a removable medium that can be used with all system components. The network connectivity of all system elements creates a highly efficient, highly productive tapeless environment.
The Hybrid Tapeless 2/3 inch, 3 image sensors Camera GFCAM with HD 1080i/720p format support retails for approximately US$25,000 and the Flash memory-based recorder GFSTATION with 128GB (4hour/HD 50Mbps) internal memory retails for approximately US$45,000. The Compact half-rack size HD 1080i/720p format support GFSTATION PORTABLE retails for approximately US$18,000 and the removable Media GFPAK retails approximatelyfor US$950 for 32GB version and US$350 for 120GB HDD version.
