Sony's worldwide reputation for creating unique, attractive, high-quality, advanced technology products rests on a long line of innovations embraced by people from all walks of life. With a diverse product lineup serving a variety of lifestyles and industries, Sony continuously strives to introduce new products and technologies to meet changing market needs.PRODUCT FEATURES:
Up to 80 GB native storage capacity, or 208 GB compressed (2.6:1) in a compact, 3.5" half height form-factor store more information in less pace;
Sustained data transfer rate of 12 MB/s native provides high performance for today's most demanding environments backup up to 43.2 GB/hour native;
Extremely durable Advanced Metal Evaporated (AME) media provides extraordinary reliability and a virtually contamination-free environment reducing the need for periodic cleaning;
Optional Memory-In-Cassette, a 64-kbit memory chip built into the data cartridge, offers sophisticated data access capability providing high speed file location and file access;
Super Head Cleaner provides an automated cleaning solution increases head life and reduces the need for periodic cleaning;
Adaptive Lossless Data Compression (ALDC) provides greater data compression efficiency offers average compression of 2.6:1;
Helical scan recording writes the tape in one pass with a slow tape speed and allows higher recording densities than linear recording reduces wear-and-tear on the data cartridge and drive, increasing reliability, head life, and storage capacity within a compact form-factor;
Read-and-write backward compatibility provides investment protection.