Immediate Viewing, Data Transfer and Nonlinear Editing
P2 is fast. In data transfer and editing speed, It stands far beyond other media. The P2 card slips into the card slot on a laptop PC* and mounts directly — no digitizing required — for immediate viewing or network data transfers. With a P2-compatible mobile nonlinear editor, you can edit recorded clips directly. No uploading (file copying) is necessary. With a USB 2.0 cable, you can connect the P2 cam to a PC and use the cam's five card slots as an external drive. Powerful functions like these deliver you unprecedented speed in the field and greatly reduce production time — a big advantage in this "get the news first and faster" business. Also, being able to use a laptop PC as a monitor, editor, and for data transfer means more mobility and less strain on your budget

Random Access Playback and Nonlinear Editing: The P2 deck
The P2 Series provides super-fast news transmission from mobile vans. This is thanks in part to the P2 deck, which features five P2 card slots and the same kind of jog & shuttle operation as a VTR. Simply view the thumbnails of the recorded clips on the front-panel Color LCD Monitor, and use the jog dial to select the ones you want. The clips can be played back instantly for on-air playback.
Its Playlist function lets you play the equivalent of 100 events on a nonlinear editor, for quick post-acquisition program production and transmission. With a USB 2.0 cable, you also can connect the P2 deck to a PC and use the deck as an external drive for a P2-compatible nonlinear editor.

Studio Networking: The P2 drive
The DVCPRO P2 Series stands as a remarkably high-speed solution to studio networks that use nonlinear editors and AV servers. The P2 drive is designed for either built-in or external use on any PC equipped with a USB 2.0 interface. With the P2 drive connected, you can use a desktop PC* to instantly preview the data on a P2 card or transfer it to the server. Or, with a P2-compatible nonlinear editor you can use recorded clips directly as editing clips.

More Flexibility — Combined VTR Use and Data Archive System
Panasonic's ING concept — IT-based news gathering — is not a closed system. The P2 decks are equipped with the same interfaces as today's DVCPRO VTRs, so they can link seamlessly into conventional systems for tape editing and on-air transmission