Sony introduces Solid State Drives for Professional Video Recorders

ASHISH TIWARI

Addressing the increasing data storage demand from professionals, Sony India today expanded its professional media line-up with the introduction of two new G Series Professional Solid State Drives (SSD) in 960GB (SV-GS96) and 480GB (SV-GS48) capacities. These SSDs are designed to cater the upward trend for reliable, external video recording devices docked to camcorders or high-performance DSLRs. Extremely Durable and reliable for professional use

Sony’s G Series SSDs delivers optimal performance for several popular professional video recording devices, while offering a far longer lifetime. The drives are best suited for content creators looking for more efficient, stable and flexible hi-bitrate recording in often unpredictable environment conditions.

Building on the reliability synonymous with Sony’s Professional Media products, the new SSDs are a solid option for respective video recorders, offering videographers stable high-speed capabilities, a sense of security and lower cost of ownership due to their longer life.

Using Sony’s Error Correction Code technology, the 960GB G Series SSD achieves up to 2400 TBW (terabytes written), while the 460GB drive can reach 1200 TBW, resulting in less frequent replacement and increased ROI. 2400 TBW translates to about 10 years of use for the SV-GS96, if data is fully written to the drive and average of five times per week.