Features. AJA KONA 2

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Features

Hardware

The KONA 2 card offers a large number of unique features for optimum quality, ease of use, and support for a wide variety of workflows and environments.

• SDI, HD-SDI

• PCI-X 133 MHz

• Dual Link 4:4:4 HD-SDI

• 8-Channel 24-bit AES and Embedded Audio

• Broadcast Quality hardware 10-bit SD to HD Up-convert

• Broadcast Quality hardware 10-bit HD to SD Down-convert

• 12-bit HD/SD Component Analog Video Output

• AJA Qrez™ 4:1 Hardware Codec

• DVCPRO HD hardware acceleration

• RS-422 Control Port (Sony), 9-pin D, for machine control

• Genlock/Reference Video (looping)

• Standard Cables Included (3)

• Optional K-Box Breakout Box—Provides Rack mounting and Flexible Easy

I/O (2 K-Box cables are included with the K-Box)

Broadcast-Quality Conversion

KONA 2 features hardware-based full 10-bit Broadcast quality motion adaptive

SD to HD up-conversion, HD to SD down conversion, and automatic HD/SD

12-bit component analog output. The quality of the conversion features are virtually identical to AJA’s award winning stand-alone products as used throughout post-production markets. The KONA 2 built-in up-converter uses a full 10-bit data path, fully motion adaptive de-interlacing, and large multi-point digital interpolators. Down conversion uses large multi-point digital anti-alias filtering and interpolation. Because these functions are hardware based, they are available full time, all the time—with no CPU load. Such conversion is useful for cost effective monitoring, making standard definition dubs of an HD project, or up-converting from a standard definition FCP project to an HD deck for dubbing.