AJA KONA LHi - HD / SD 10-bit digital and 12-bit Analogue PCIe card, HDMI input and output (Win/Mac)

General Description

The AJA KONA LHi bridges the gap between legacy analog devices and the latest 3G SDI and HDMI v1.3a enabled products. KONA LHi interfaces with the latest PCIe Apple Mac OSX hardware and QuickTime software applications. AJA drivers offer integrated support for Apple Final Cut Studio. KONA LHi allows editing, monitoring and mastering of professional quality video in an affordable, easy to use product.

KONA LHi offers a full host of no-compromise features: 10 or 8-bit uncompressed video, 3G/HD/SD SDI I/O including support for 1080p50/60, analog composite/S-Video/SD-HD component video I/O, 2-channel AES/8-channel SDI embedded audio I/O, 2-channel balanced audio I/O, and broadcastquality hardware-based up/down/cross-conversion for flexible SD and HD post production. Also, HDMI v1.3a capability at 30 bits per pixel allows full support of the latest 10-bit monitors.

Features

• 3G/HD/SD SDI input/output
• HDMI v1.3a w/Deep Color at 30/36 bits per pixel input/output
• 12-bit HD analog component input/output
• 12-bit SD analog component, composite, or S-Video input/output
• 10-bit Hardware-based realtime up/down/cross-conversions
• DVCPRO HD hardware acceleration
• Support for Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium, available upon CS5 release
• Support for Adobe Mercury Playback Engine and 64-bit processing
• Plug-ins for Adobe Creative Suite 5 will now feature direct support for the CineForm codec for use with CineForm's Neo HD, Neo 3D and Neo 4K
• DirectShow Filters available as a free download designed designed to allow DirectShow application developers to work with AJA KONA and Io Express along with AJA's New Corvid video I/O products
• HDV hardware acceleration
• Dynamic RT hardware acceleration
• 2-ch balanced XLR AES digital audio and 2-ch balanced XLR analog audio input/output
• 8-ch SDI embedded audio input/output
• HD/SD Genlock and RS-422 machine control
• LTC Input (on Reference input)
• Support for Final Cut Studio applications, Adobe applications and more
• Breakout cables standard, affordable breakout box optional