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T2 Express, Pro, and Elite iDDRs
A Multi-Talented iDDR

Versatile. Flexible. Simple. Cost-effective.

You need a flexible, cost-effective, high-performing server system.

But, it has to fit into the budget, and into your space.

That's why Grass Valley® designed the compact T2™ intelligent digital disk recorder (iDDR) in three levels of functionality – Express, Pro, and Elite.

T2's advanced nonlinear production features, combined with time tested, VTR-like controls, give you the ultimate in versatility and flexibility. T2 supports a variety of SD and HD formats, and effortlessly integrates into your IT environment. Not only will you have exceptional picture quality, you'll increase efficiencies to help you get your quality content out the door or on the screen.

Easily integrate: T2 connects to all professional AV equipment, so you can integrate into any environment, without sacrificing the level of recording and playback quality you need. Plus, its compact footprint optimizes limited space.

Increase efficiencies: Because T2 has two playback channels and one record channel, you'll ingest, edit, playout, and monitor all at once, maximizing production time.

Increase ease-of-use: With T2, you'll manage production with the traditional functionality you need, while benefiting from state-of-the-art, user-friendly capabilities, including a high-resolution touchscreen display and control panels. T2's intuitive interface is the ideal solution for fast-paced production environments.

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T2 iDDR Highlights

This versatile, nonlinear recorder and player offers two playback and one record channels that function entirely independently of each other allowing simultaneous use of all three channels. This gives you three decks for the price of one—saving on both space and power requirements. The two output channels can be synced for 3D presentations or video walls. Integrated transition effects are provided as well.

T2 iDDRs are very easy to use, combining time-tested, VTR-like controls with a state-of-the-art touchscreen display. It features the largest touchscreen in its class with the high-resolution control panel providing an easy-to-use interface that's well suited to fast-paced production environments.

T2 also offers traditional jog/shuttle, play, pause, fast-forward, and rewind front panel buttons. In addition, support for an external VGA screen included at no extra cost (unlike competitive offerings).

Delivering the industry's best picture quality in its class, all T2 channels support full 1920x1080 (60i/50i/24p) resolution, as well as 720p and 480i formats. T2 stores content in an efficient, very high-quality format that preserves the 4:2:2 color space and full resolution of the original content.

T2 takes advantage of open IT standards. Users can create a data network to transfer content to the iDDR via Ethernet. They can also attach external storage via USB to move content to or from the T2. A 2.5-inch HDD/SSD drive bay is standard. There is also a built-in transcoder for importing QuickTime (DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO HD, H.264, and ProRes 422), WMV, MPEG-2, and MPEG-2 HD (HDV) compression formats.

  • True HD support — 720p, 1080i, and 1080p
  • Up/downconversion for a wider range of resolutions and application support
  • Native import/playback for most standard formats (see list below)
  • Multiformat support (transcoding to Grass Valley HQ AVI) for most standard and broadcast formats (see list below)
  • Three decks for the price of one – 1 record and 2 playback channels work independently and simultaneously
  • 2-channel synchronized playback for key/fill rolls, edge blend displays, multi-screen, and 3D applications
  • Embedded audio (8 channels per SDI connection)
  • AES/EBU audio supported
  • Easy-to-use front panel interface
  • Workstation mode included as standard
  • Simple on-the-fly editing, including trimming, mark in/out, and basic transition effects
  • New, robust design – engineered to withstand punishing live event and mobile production environments
  • Integration support for third-party control (BVW, GPIO, and AMP)
  • Import from Final Cut Pro in QuickTime format using the free Grass Valley HQ codec for Mac onto an exFAT HDD
  • Fast playlist rendering speed (up to 10 times real-time)
  • Supports HD to HD real-time crossconversion
  • Applications:
    • Events and staging
    • Auditoriums
    • Corporate A/V centers
    • Educational facilities
    • Broadcast display support
    • Regional sports companies
    • Switcher support for playback

T2 iDDR Express (HDD)
  • RAID-0 (500 GB HDD x2)
  • 1 TB data disk — 14 hours recording capacity (Grass Valley HQ: 150 Mb/s)

T2 iDDR Pro (HDD)
  • RAID-10 (500 GB HDD x4)
  • 1 TB data disk — 14 hours recording capacity (Grass Valley HQ: 150 Mb/s)

T2 iDDR Elite (SSD)
  • RAID-0 (300 GB SSD x2)
  • 600 GB data disk — 8 hours recording capacity (Grass Valley HQ: 150 Mb/s)
T2 iDDR Configurations
1 SD/HD input, 2 SD/HD outputs

Video Input
Format Support Types: High-definition, standard-definition
Connections: SD/HD SDI, analog component (Y-Pb-Pr), DVI-D, composite
Recording Format: Grass Valley HQ, 4:2:2
Bit Rate: Up to 200 Mb/s
Resolutions SD/Frame Rate: 720x576i50, 720x486i59.94
Resolutions HD/Frame Rate: 1920x1080i59.94, 1920x1080i50, 1920x1080p24, 1920x1080PsF24, 1920x1080p23.98, 1920x1080PsF23.98, 1440x1080i59.94, 1440x1080i50, 1440x1080p24, 1440x1080PsF24, 1440x1080p23.98, 1440x1080PsF23.98, 1280x720p59.94, 1280x720p50

Video Outputs
Format Support Types: High-definition, standard-definition, computer
Connections: SD/HD SDI (one for each playback channel), analog component, DVI-D (one for each playback channel, except RGB), composite
Playback Format (Native Import/Playback):
  • XDCAM – HD422, HD (35 Mb/s), HD (25 Mb/s and 18 Mb/s), IMX, DVCAM
  • XDCAM EX – HD (35 Mb/s), HD (25 Mb/s), DVCAM
  • P2 – AVC-Intra 100, AVC-Intra 50, DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO 25, DV
  • GF – HD I-Frame only (100 Mb/s), HD Long GOP (50 Mb/s), DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO 25, DV, MPEG-2
  • MXF – Grass Valley HQ, AVC-Intra 100, AVC-Intra 50, DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO 25, DV, D10, JPEG 2000, MPEG-2
  • AVCHD – H.264/AVC
  • AVI – Grass Valley HQ
Bit Rate: Up to 200 Mb/s per channel
Resolutions SD/Frame Rate: 720x576i50, 720x486i59.94
Resolutions HD/Frame Rate: 1920x1080i59.94, 1920x1080i50, 1920x1080p24, 1920x1080PsF24, 1920x1080p23.98, 1920x1080PsF23.98, 1280x720p59.94, 1280x720p50, 1280x720p23.98
Computer Resolutions: 1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480

Audio Input
Analog Audio: 2 channels, XLR connections
Digital:
  • AES/EBU (2 channels), BNC connections
  • Embedded audio on SDI, HD, or SD (8 channels)
Recording Format: 24-bit, PCM, 48 kHz sampling (20-bit PCM for SD-SDI)

Audio Output
Analog Audio: 2 channels per output video, XLR connections
Digital:
  • AES/EBU (2 channels), BNC connections
  • Embedded audio on SDI, HD, or SD (8 channels)
Recording Format: 24-bit, PCM, 48 kHz sampling (20-bit PCM for SD-SDI)

Import/Export File Compatibility
Import: Grass Valley HQ
Export: Grass Valley HQ, MXF (XDCAM format)
Transcode Import (transcoding to Grass Valley HQ AVI):
  • XDCAM – HD, IMX, DVCAM
  • XDCAM EX – HD, DVCAM
  • P2 – AVC-Intra 100, AVC-Intra 50, DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO 25, DV
  • GF – DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO 25, DV, MPEG-2
  • MXF – Grass Valley HQ, AVC-Intra 100, AVC-Intra 50, D10, DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO 25, DV, JPEG 2000, MPEG-2
  • AVCHD – H.264/AVC
  • AVI – Grass Valley Lossless, Grass Valley HQX, DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO 25, DV, uncompressed
  • MPEG-2
  • QuickTime – Grass Valley HQ, Grass Valley HQX, ProRes 422, ProRes 4444, Canon EOS movie (H.264/AVC), DVCPRO HD, DV, JPEG 2000, animation, MPEG-4, Photo JPEG, PNG, uncompressed
  • Windows Media – Windows Media Video
  • Sequenced files – TGA ,BMP, JPG, TIFF, PNG, GIF

Control
Protocol: BVW (Basic), GPI, AMP (Advanced Media Protocol) for Indigo A/V Mixer and external control software
Connections: RS-422 (9-pin D Conn per channel), Ethernet

Technology
Connections: Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, VGA, DVI-D
Storage Capacity:
  • Express: 1 TB (RAID-0, 500 GB HDD x2), Approx. 14 hours of HD @ Grass Valley HQ (150 Mb/s)
  • Pro: 1 TB (RAID-10, 500 GB HDD x4), Approx. 14 hours of HD @ Grass Valley HQ (150 Mb/s)
  • Elite: 600 GB (RAID-0, 300 GB SSD x2), Approx. 8 hours of HD @ Grass Valley HQ (150 Mb/s)
Bit Rate: Up to 200 Mb/s per channel

Physical
Dimensions: 550x430x140 mm (21.6x16.9x5.5 in.)
Weight: 15 kg (33 lbs.)
Operating Temperature: 5°C to 35°C (41°F to 95°F)

Options and Accessories
Rackmount Kit
October 18, 2012
San Francisco, Calif., October 18, 2012 — At this year's CAPER 2012 show in Argentina, Grass Valley® will highlight its latest innovations in file-based live (and edited) production and distribution. The company's new high-definition (HD) cameras, editing systems, media servers, and super slow-motion replay systems—all shown as part of a series of fully integrated, hands-on demonstrations— provide users the ability to work in multiple video formats. This makes return on investment fast and easy, while enhancing the user's ability to work with a wider variety of clients.
September 25, 2012
San Francisco, Calif., September 25, 2012 Grass Valley® announced today that, a newly designed and significantly improved T2™ family of intelligent digital disk recorders (iDDRs) that are ideally suited for live event production, post production, and video-on-demand applications. With increased format support and faster signal processing, the new T2 iDDRs streamline manual processes and automate key capabilities to significantly improve a wide variety of file-based workflows.

T2 Express, Pro, and Elite iDDRs Intelligent Digital Disk Recorders Data Sheet

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