The INDI is a 4:2:2 field recorder designed to be the ICON's "little brother." This recorder acquires HD-SDI (*HDMI input coming) imagery and records it at a user-selected compression level. So many of the prosumer cameras on the market today have great CCDs inside them, but horribly restrictive HDV compression ruining all of those beautiful images. Fortunately, you're not handcuffed to the 25-megabit tape compression... a few of these cameras (XL-H1, GY-HD250) have HD-SDI outputs. The HD-SDI signal carries over 60 times as much data as gets recorded to HDV tape. The INDI is based around less sophisticated versions of the ICON hardware, and as a result carries a much smaller price tag. Most notable in its differences to the ICON is the user-selectable high-bitrate compression (in place of uncompressed DPX offered by the ICON). We will be announcing compression format options soon. For those not familiar, Colorspace is focused on building modular products, so that they can evolve over the years without forcing existing customers to replace products they are happy with. One of these modular features is software updates. The ICON and INDI include Compact Flash slots that will allow users to download firmware updates from our web site and upgrade their recorders at the push of a button.   © 2007 Colorspace, Inc.