AJA Video Systems Kona 3

KONA 3 has the features video professionals expect: uncompressed video I/O, 8-channel AES digital audio I/O and 16-channel SDI embedded audio I/O, realtime hardware-based up/down/ crossconversion for efficiently working with a wide variety of SD and HD formats, a hardware downstream keyer for compositing graphics without rendering, and more. All the features you want and expect from a state-of-the-art x4 lane PCI Express card. KONA 3 offers integrated and easy to use support for Apple's Final Cut Studio applications. In addition to working with uncompressed SD and HD, HDV and DVCPRO HD, AJA also offers Easy Setups for working with Apple's high-quality Apple ProRes 422 and Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) codecs.

Use KONA 3 to output at 2K, interfacing with other available 2K products such as digital disk recorders and 2K projectors. KONA 3 also allows 2K files to be viewed with a user selected crop function on HD 1080PsF supported video monitors. This functionality helps lower the price barrier for viewing 2K material. The 1080 HD playout can additionally be down-converted to SD in realtime, giving users a powerful solution for multi-format video playout of 2K material and flexible tape mastering options. Offline editing can be done in Final Cut Pro, and because of the flexibility of Final Cut Pro and QuickTime, a 2K conform on the Mac is possible using the KONA 3.

All of the KONA 3 capabilities add up to the most reliable, feature rich, and highest-performance card available for OSX and Final Cut Pro. KONA 3 is the right tool for the discerning postproduction professional.

Dual link HD support
KONA 3 supports Dual Link 4:4:4 HD-SDI, with full bandwidth 4:4:4 RGB at 10-bits for 1080i, 1080p, 1080PsF and 720p formats. KONA 3 can also convert between 4:4:4 and 4:2:2 formats for single link HD-SDI monitoring and output.

2K support
As the most capable 2K card available for the Mac, you can use KONA 3 to ingest from HSDL (high speed data link) equipped sources and record simultaneous 2K DPX files and 2K QuickTime reference movies using the AJA VTR Xchange application. You can also work with existing 2K material, like sequential DPX or Cineon files, by using AJA's DPXToQT Translator application to create QuickTime files that can be used by a wide variety of QuickTime based applications. RED digital media-proxy files or transcoded material- is also supported at 2K resolutions.

• SDI/HD-SDI single link 4:2:2, Dual Link HD-SDI 4:4:4, and 2K input/output support via HSDL
• DVCPRO HD hardware scalar acceleration
• HDV hardware scalar acceleration
• Dynamic RT Extreme hardware scalar acceleration
• Broadcast quality hardware based 10-bit up-conversion, cross-conversion, and down-conversion
• SD to SD hardware based aspect ratio conversion (anamorphic to letterbox and vice versa)
• 12-bit SD and HD component output or SD composite plus Y/C analog outputs
• 10-bit HD/SD video + key output
• Internal HD/SD hardware based Downstream Keyer
• 8-channel 24-bit digital AES at either 48kHz or 96kHz via XLR or 16-channel of 48kHz SDI embedded audio
• AJA QuickTime driver and additional useful applications included with the software installer
• Apple Final Cut Pro support including a variety of Easy Setups
• Support for motion graphics applications like Adobe After Effects, Apple Motion and more
• RS-422 machine control
• Cables for connectivity are supplied standard
• 3-year international warranty and outstanding free-of-charge technical support