AJA Video Systems’ new Kona LH is intended to be the first PCI card on the Macintosh to work under Mac OS X with Final Cut Studio Pro while providing both SD and HD video inputs. Analogue or digital video is processed uncompressed at 10-bit colour depth.
The card integrates hardware acceleration for DVCPRO, HDV and Dynamic RT Extreme and provides two independent SDI outputs. Analogue inputs are converted internally at 12-bit precision, while HD-to-SD conversion is performed at 10-bit precision.
Audio sources can connect through AES/EBU or analogue inputs, both in stereo over XLR, with signals processed at 24-bit resolution. The Kona LH can also process eight channels of embedded SDI audio. The board provides hardware-assisted sample-rate conversion, intended to remove synchronization concerns when several different sample rates are used within a project. The optional KL-Box can bring the connections to the front of a 19-inch rack when the supplied breakout cables are too short.
AJA is exhibiting at IBC in hall 7, stand 610. The Kona LH costs around $1,800.
