Panasonic announced that it will provide its support for the broadcast of the 2008 Olympics, with a wide range of variety of its newest high definition products. The Olympics will be held from August 8 to 24, 2008 in Beijing, China. The XXIX Olympics will be the first in the story in being broadcast on television with a production completely in high definition.
Panasonic, as supplier of high definition equipment for the Olympics Beijing 2008, agreed to supply equipment for coverage to Beijing Olympic Broadcasting Co. Ltd (BOB). BOB selected the Panasonic HD products for the transmission of the event due that it has a wide variety of high definition products, including P2 (solid state recording) equipment, such as the new high definition recorder AJ-HPC2000 P2, the new AJ-HPM100 P2 Portable Recorder and New Recording Station P2 AJ-HPS1500. As agreed with BOB, planning is being made produce all international television signal in high definition and is contemplated to be 100% HD-ready, that is, instantaneous high definition.
The official recording format HD (high definition) video of the Beijing Olympics will be DVCPRO HD, and BOB will use a combination of recording tapes dvcpro hd and P2 HD solid state memory recording. Deployed in the different places where the activity throughout China, Panasonic's HD equipment will be mainly used by BOB and other streaming companies.
BOB has been very satisfied with the performance of Panasonic's digital products from the first time they were used in the Olympics of Barcelona in 1992, and now with the recently expanded high definition portfolio - especially a wide and Advanced range of high definition products - which is very Impressive, mentioned Manolo Romero, the CEO of BOB.
Panasonic offers a wide range of high quality HD solutions to know all the needs and meet all budgets. For some of the applications to be used in this prestigious event international sports car BOB selected the compact, versatile and multi-source video recorder AG-HVX200. This winning model of awards and other similar future models, which combine the P2 HD superiority and cost-effectiveness solutions in a camcorder Handheld, they are ideal for some applications that require flexibility.
