‘Lopez Tonight’ turns to Sony XDCAM HD422 decks

“Lopez Tonight,” a new late-night entertainment program starring TV sitcom veteran and comedian George Lopez, is being produced using Sony’s XDCAM HD422 PDW-HD1500 decks.

According to Sony, the decks can be used for recording program material, program mastering, post production and archiving program material. The XDCAM HD system offers a file-based workflow combined with a cost-effective media that can be easily archived.

The XDCAM HD PDW-HD1500 deck is becoming a production standard on a range of TV programs from reality shows and talk shows to dramas and sitcoms. The deck includes a GigE data drive that can write any flash memory file format from any codec onto the optical disc media.