Bluefish444 Announces KRONOS Range

Bluefish444 has introduced the new KRONOS range of video and audio I/O cards. The line-up increases the feature set of the company's Epoch video cards, which support up to 4K 60 frame per second workflows.

KRONOS has been developed for additional workflows requiring Ultra HD up to 8K, high frame rates up to 120fps, HDR and video over IP.

Bluefish444 cards support all areas of TV and feature film production, post, display and restoration, in addition to virtual reality and augmented reality. For use in theme parks, music concerts, sporting and outdoor events, the KRONOS range is also suitable for single and multi-card support enabling 8K/4K/2K imagery presented across one or more screens or projectors.

In addition, KRONOS delivers video processing technologies such as resolution scaling, video interlace and de-interlace, hardware CODEC support, SDI to IP and IP to SDI conversion, 12-bit colour space conversion and low-latency capabilities.

Feature highlights include:

• SD SMPTE295M
• HD 1.5G SMPTE292M
• 3G (A+B) SMPTE424M
• ASI
• 4:2:2:4 / 4:4:4:4 SDI
• Single Link / Dual Link / Quad Link interfaces
• 12/10-bit SDI
• Full 4K frame buffer
• 3Gbps Bypass Relays
• 12-bit video processing pipeline
• 4x4x32bitMatrix
• MR2 Routing resources
• Hardware Keyer (2K/HD)
• Customizable and flexible pixel formats
• AES Audio Input / AES Audio Output
• LTCI/O
• RS422
• Bi/Tri-level Genlock Input & Crosslocking
• Genlock loop through
• VANC complete access
• HANC Embedded Audio/Payload ID/Custom Packets/RP188
• MSA and Non-MSA compatible SFP+
• SMPTE 2022-6

HDMI 2.0 I/O, additional SMPTE 2022 IP standards and emerging IP standards are earmarked for future support via firmware update.

The KRONOS range will be available in Q4 2016.

Tom Lithgow, Product Manager, Bluefish444, said: "With the choice of HD BNC SD/HD/3G connectivity, or SFP+ connectivity enabling greater than 3G SDI and Video over IP across 10Gbps Ethernet, the KRONOS range will suit today's demanding requirements and cover emerging technologies as they mature. 4K ultra high definition, high frame rate and ultra-high frame rate video, high dynamic range, video over IP, and hardware assisted processing are now available to OEM developers, professional content creators and system integrators with the Bluefish444 KRONOS Range."

www.bluefish444.com

(JP)