AJA Video launches KONA LH no-compromise Apple G5 HD capture card

At IBC, AJA Video has announced the immediate availability of its new KONA LH, a 10-bit uncompressed video capture card for editing on the Apple G5 with Final Cut Studio.
KONA LH is the only PCI card available for OSX and Final Cut Studio that offers both HD and SD analogue and digital I/O - in one convenient card, at a low price, and with the same excellent broadcast quality for which AJA is known.
Considering the various SD and HD formats on the market, the ability to utilise both analogue and digital sources makes a lot of sense and AJA say that the KONA LH is the perfect solution because everything is in just one card, simplifying system setup, and provides system flexibility.
Supporting native 10-bit uncompressed resolution, KONA LH provides optimum quality for SD and HD, the highest available quality based on SMPTE SDI standards. KONA LH also supports various codecs such as DVCProHD, HDV playback, DV50, and many more, with hardware acceleration on-board for the playback of DVCProHD, HDV, and Apple's Dynamic RT Extreme. This unique acceleration frees up the G5 to do more, such as more RT.
KONA LH offers unprecedented analogue video connectivity on a single PCI card, including 12-bit HD Component Analogue I/O, which is perfect for interfacing to today's HDV cameras and decks, allowing the HDV user to digitize to 10-bit uncompressed, DVCProHD, and many other codecs, offering a true professional workflow for the HDV format.
For SD work, the analogue inputs and outputs can be configured as 12-bit SD Component/YC/Composite, all via three professional BNC connectors. For SD and HD Digital I/O, KONA LH offers SDI/HD-SDI input, and two SDI/HD-SDI outputs. A broadcast-grade genlock is also included.
KONA LH's built-in 10-bit hardware down-converter can be used during digitise or playback, allowing the user to bring in HD as SD, and/or output HD as SD for laying to tape or monitoring, all at 10-bit broadcast-quality.
In addition to perfection in video, KONA LH offers true professional audio: native OS X multi-channel audio and 24-bit AES/EBU digital audio at 48kHz for digital production. For ease of conversion, KONA LH also includes hardware sample-rate conversion to allow asynchronous or even different sample rates (32-96kHz), eliminating annoying synchronization hassles and unwelcome snaps, crackles, and pops. KONA LH offers 2-channel AES on XLR, 2-channel analogue on XLR, and 8-channel SDI embedded audio.
KONA LH features dual-monitor desktop viewing for desktop paint and motion graphics program output and also comes standard with a breakout cable and works with the optional KL-Box for rackmounted I/O convenience.
AJA Video Systems,www.aja.com
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