The P2 camera system will also be used at the upcoming 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens. NY1 is spending $1.5 million on new P2 series equipment. (Windows) Each P2 card displays as a single lettered drive on the Windows desktop. Insert one or more P2 cards (up to five). See Preparing to Mount P2 Cards as Drives on page 4. PCIe-based Cardbus PC card and ExpressCard reader, model PCD. PCI-based internal PC card read-writer, model PCD-220CS or PCD-202CS.
CBS, FOX, Time Warner Cable’s NY1 all-news cable channel, Scripps Howard, Media general and the Sinclair broadcast Group - all current DVCPRO tape customers -have expressed interest in moving to the solid-state recording platform by 2005. Connect the card reader, camera, or deck to a USB port. For Panasonic P2 Cards: If you need a read-writer for your existing Panasonic P2cards, you can use the following readers under certain Windows only: Make sure you have installed P2 card driver on your PC. Panasonic also announced the availability of its DVCPRO P2 series equipment, which initially includes a camera, VTR and five-slot P2 card reader. The two companies are providing this capability with Panasonic's new AJ-HD1200A, the first HD production VTR to offer a FireWire interface, and Apple's newly introduced Final Cut Pro HD professional video editing software, enabling the editing of HD resolution images on the desktop, as well as on a laptop (such as Apple’s PowerBooks and Panasonic’s Toughbooks).