The HVR-1500 is an HDV™ source feeder/recorder*1 positioned at the top of the Sony HDV Series and offers the same convenient features that professional users demand, such as quick mechanical response, multi-format DV playback, and a rich set of professional video/audio interfaces ranging from analog to digital SDI and AES/EBU. The HVR-1500 can also be used as a standard definition DVCAM™ recorder. *1 In HDV mode, editing capabilities in a linear editing system are limited to the use as a source player ONLY.