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 Kona 3XMeet KONA 3X, the new heavyweight champion capture card for uncompressed SD, HD, and Dual Link HD on PCI-X OSX machines. Requires a PCI-X slot (see FAQ below).
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 CATEGORY: | Video Editing Hardware |  | PARTNUMBER: | AJAN5010028 |
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| MANUFACTURER: | AJA | PLATFORM(S): |  Mac | |
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| ON THE WEB: | www.aja.com | AVAILABILITY: | Usually ships in 1 business day. | |
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| Kona 3X Specifications |
| Visualize uncompressed video, 8-channel AES and embedded 16-channel audio, up/cross/down HD/SD format conversion, hardware downstream keyer and HD/SD component analog output - all your's on a state-of-the-art 4-lane PCIe card (KONA 3) or PCI-X card (KONA 3X). Intrigued? Like other members of the KONA family, KONA 3 is designed for no-holds-barred design and editing - with support for Apple Final Cut Studio 2 and Apple's ProRes 422 and ProRes 422 HQ - plus hardware acceleration for the DVCPROHD and HDV codecs, and Dynamic RT Extreme effects in Final Cut Pro 6. It’s a knockout - KONA 3 - the new standard-bearer for quality, flexibility and future-safe architecture in a QuickTime I/O card. KONA 3 is the ultimate uncompressed capture card for seamless operation with PCI Express (PCIe) Apple Mac Pro (and PCIe G5s) and Apple Final Cut Pro. Supporting any uncompressed SD or HD format, including Dual Link and 2K, KONA 3 captures and plays back uncompressed 10-bit and 8-bit digital video and 24-bit digital audio, providing unparalleled power and workflow efficiency. KONA 3 also includes a variety of 10-bit broadcast-quality features, such as hardware-based up-, down- and crossconversion to and from HD, and adds a live hardware HD/SD keyer for compositing bugs, live clips and other elements over video. Features
Dual Link 2K Workflow 2K telecine to KONA 3 saves time and steps in the process by directly and simultaneously creating 2K DPX files and 2K QuickTimeTM reference movies. Material can be played out at 2K via HSDL (High Speed Data Link), offering further synergy with other 2K products available and already in use. Additionally, KONA 3 v2 allows 2K files to be viewed on HD 1080 24P-supported video monitors, lowering the price barrier for recording to tape and viewing 2K material. This 1080 HD playout can also be downconverted to SD in real-time, giving the 2K DI pipeline a powerful solution for multiformat video playout of 2K material. By generating 2K DPX files during the digitize phase, different parts of the process (delivery of full-resolution media for shots intended for visual effects, for example) can be done much earlier. Offline editing can be done in Final Cut Pro and, because of the flexibility of Final Cut Pro and QuickTime, even a 2K online is possible. Broadcast-Quality Conversion Internal HD/SD Live Hardware Keyer Audio Connectivity The K3-Box for KONA 3 simplifies interfacing by offering a 19-inch, 1RU rack-mountable breakout box that attaches to the KONA 3 with just two cables. This option offers all the same inputs and outputs as the standard breakout cable, and can be easily rack-mounted or placed on top of a broadcast monitor or editing desk. Additional functionality includes simultaneous XLR and BNC AES output, 2-channel RCA analog audio monitoring, and looping BNC Genlock reference connectors. If you’re using a digital Betacam deck, HDCAM, DVCPRO HD, D5, D9 or even an HDCAM SR, you’ll have the proper connections. KONA Desktop KONA 3 Hardware Acceleration How Does KONA Accelerate DVCPROHD, HDV & Apple's Dynamic RT? When using the Final Cut Pro HDV codec, the KONA 3 hardware acceleration allows instantaneous real-time playback for both monitoring and recording. Even KONA’s downconverter works in real-time with HDV, allowing SD monitoring, dubs or mastering. This KONA 3 functionality makes HDV a fully professional solution. The Panasonic DVCPROHD format takes advantage of KONA hardware as well. KONA’s precision hardware allows capture and playback of HD-SDI video to and from the DVCPROHD codec at a quality level virtually indistinguishable from native FireWire, while freeing up valuable RT processing power. For Final Cut Pro 5’s Dynamic RT feature, KONA’s hardware is used to offload the video scaling as the "playback video quality" dynamically adjusts. This allows more playback power - and because KONA handles it seamlessly, the Dynamic RT you see on the Mac monitor is the same as that shown on your professional broadcast monitor. All of this adds up to the most reliable, feature-rich and highest-performance card available for OS X and Final Cut Pro. KONA 3 represents the next generation of technology. System Requiremets for KONA 3
System Requirements for KONA 3X
View the slot placement guide here: http://www.aja.com/html/support_kona_rec_sys.htm |
| Kona 3X Frequently-Asked Questions |
1. WHAT IS THE WARRANTY FOR AJA PRODUCTS? 3 years on desktop products, 5 years on mini converters and converters.
2. HOW CAN I DETERMINE WHICH KONA CARD IS COMPATIBLE WITH MY MAC? Here is a simple guide to determining the right AJA card for your Power Mac or Power Pro computer. Basically you can determine the type of AJA card that is compatible with your system fairly quickly with a quick look inside the machine. You do not even need to know what a PCIe or PCI-X slot looks like. To determine whether your computer has PCI or PCI-X slots, read the ID label, which is located on the side of the computer at the bottom under the air deflector. Your computer's ID label tells you what hardware configuration you have. If your computer has PCI-X slots it will be listed here. If you don't see "PCI-X" your computer has PCI slots. You can also identify your model by the number of DIMM slots. Computers with 4 DIMM slots have 33 MHz PCI slots; computers with 8 DIMM slots have 100 and 133 MHz PCI-X slots. This will take care of the PCI vs. PCI-X for older G5's. All of the PCIe Macs also had dual ethernet cards, so there will be Ethernet 1 and Ethernet 2 MAC addresses on the computer's ID label. These machines also have no mention of the bus type (PCI/PCI-X). Summary:
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