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MillimeterAJA introduces KONA 3
Jan 10, 2006 5:16 PM
AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, today announced KONA 3, AJA's new top-of-the-line HD/SD video capture card. Offering 40 percent more processing power than the KONA 2, the new KONA 3 is an uncompressed capture card for SD, HD, and Dual Link 4:4:4:4 HD for PCI Express (PCIe) Apple G5 Power Macs and Apple Final Cut Pro. KONA 3 makes its worldwide debut this week during MacWorld Expo San Francisco at the AJA booth, #1449; the new card will ship worldwide on January 30, 2006.
KONA 3's all new extensible architecture features a 4-Lane PCI-Express bus interface with integrated AJA QuickTime drivers that work seamlessly with the new Apple Power Mac G5s and Final Cut Pro. Supporting any uncompressed SD or HD format, including Dual Link, KONA 3 captures and plays back uncompressed 10-bit and 8-bit digital video and 24-bit 48kHz digital audio. KONA 3 also includes a variety of 10-bit broadcast-quality features, such as hardware-based up- and downconversion to and from HD, and adds a live hardware keyer for compositing bugs, live clips, and other elements over video.
Another first for any QuickTime capture card, KONA 3's Internal HD/SD Live Hardware Keyer makes it easier than ever for video editors and broadcast designers to achieve sophisticated keyed video effects. Now users can load up a QuickTime clip with an alpha channel, perhaps a flying logo, and then place it over live video coming into the card - all in real time. "KONA 3 furthers the AJA commitment of offering the highest quality, production-proven, reliable solutions that bring professional digital video to the desktop," said John Abt, CEO of AJA Video Systems. "Editors are increasingly demanding more versatile and cost-effective solutions for postproduction on Final Cut Pro and Power Mac G5s, and the KONA 3 is the best new product to meet their needs."
KONA 3 Features
€ SDI, HD-SDI, Dual Link HD-SDI 4:4:4, and 4:4:4:4
€ 4-Lane PCI-Express Bus Interface
€ DVCPRO HD hardware acceleration
€ HDV hardware acceleration
€ Dynamic RT Extreme hardware acceleration
€ Broadcast-quality hardware 10-bit upconvert
€ Broadcast-quality hardware 10-bit downconvert
€ 12-bit HD component and SD component/composite analog output
€ 10-bit HD/SD video/key output
€ Internal HD/SD live hardware Keyer
€ 8-channel 24-bit AES and embedded audio
€ AJA QuickTime drivers
€ Apple Final Cut Pro 5 support
€ Adobe After Effects, Photoshop support
€ RS-422 Machine Control
€ Cables standard - K3-Box breakout optional
€ Three-year warranty
KONA 3 is priced at US $2990.00. KONA 3's I/O connections are supported with supplied breakout cables, AJA's K3-Box, a rackmountable 1 RU enclosure, is available as an option for US $299.00. KONA 3 will be available worldwide as of January 30, 2006, through AJA's network of worldwide channel sales partners.
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