Media Distributors The Archive Station

Backs up to hard drives, LTO, or Blu-ray Disc media. Price: $15,550 (also available as rental)

As more camcorders move to solid-state recording, better solutions for in-the-field backup deserve consideration.

One approach comes from an unexpected source: Media Distributors. The company, with offices around the United States, is a leading independent distributor of professional motion-picture stock, videotape, recording, storage, and data media.

At NAB Show 2009, Media Distributors introduced The Archive Station, a “one-button power-up” turnkey cart-based unit that ships in a single road case. Designed for both tapeless and tape-based workflows, The Archive Station supports Windows and Mac OS environments; captures all metadata included with video files; and helps to maintain linking of project files from online to archiving. Support includes P2, XDCAM EX, and Red codecs, as well as cameras from Arri, Sony
(F23/F35), and Panasonic (Varicam and DVCPRO).

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Maxell Field Archive Media

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