With the new 40-GB or 80-GB hard disk recorders, which are directly to the ProHD Camcorder GY-HD100E can dock, you can now also on DV and ProHD disk instead of tape record. It makes the connection between the HD recorder and camcorder via a single FireWire cable, the audio, video, timecode and control signals run. The DR-HD100 records standard definition DV25 data in formats Raw DV, AVI Type 1, AVI Type 2, AVI Type 2 24p, Matrox AVI, Canopus AVI, QuickTime or QuickTime 24p, and also supports the formats MXF, Pinnacle AVI and Avid and Avid DV OMF. For non-linear HD recording systems are the formats 720p 24/25/30. M2t available. The DR-HD100 is an extremely compact, its depth is only 40 mm. In the integrated LCD panel are operating mode, time code and remaining recording time. If the hard disk recorder together with the GY-HD101E camcorder used, the cameraman through the playback function of the DR-HD100 recordings in the camcorder viewfinder, the LCD panel on the camcorder or an external monitor to assess. The following functions can be controlled from the camcorder from: recording, playback, pause, stop, forward index, index-return and faster multi-speed forward and rewind. Battery manufacturers such as PAG, IDX and Anton Bauer allegedly offer as an accessory brackets already to the hard disk recorder DR-HD100 to the back of the camcorder to fit. Affordable seems the fun, however, not to be. With approximately 1400 U.S. $ (40GB) or U.S. $ 1750 (80GB) immerse the equipment already at the first American merchants. more infos at bei www.jvcpro.co.uk