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AJA Kona-LHe - 12-Bit HD and SD Video Editing and Graphics PCIe Capture Card with Analog and Digital I/Os, Down Conversion Support - Mac OS X
- No Longer Available
The AJA KONA LHe offers a full ride to HD with no-compromise, 10-bit uncompressed video, 2-channel AES and 8-channel embedded audio, analog composite/component video I/O, 2-channel analog audio I/O, broadcast-quality hardware downconversion and TBC on analog inputs. KONA LHe bridges the analog and digital worlds by offering I/O for both. A lot of card for a low price, KONA LHe also features dual-monitor desktop viewing for editing ease. The KONA LHe comes standard with a breakout cable and also works with the optional KL-Box for rackmounted I/O convenience.
- KONA LHe Hardware Acceleration
- Final Cut Pro users will love DVCPROHD, HDV, and Apple RT Extreme hardware acceleration, developed in close cooperation with Apple and available exclusively on KONA LHe. KONA LHe hardware takes a portion of the codec processing load off the CPU, allowing more RealTime (RT) effects in Final Cut Pro 5 when outputting. KONA LHe also has hardware support when capturing. This brings amazing RealTime HD production power to the desktop. With KONA LHe, any source can be captured using the DVCPROHD codec - giving you online HD quality at remarkably low data rates, allowing the internal PowerMac SATA storage to be used for HD capture, playback and RT effects. Of course, you'll obtain still better performance and more RT when using a fast SCSI or Fibre array, but this feature allows HD to be used where only SD would have been considered because of budget or time constraints. KONA LHe even supports the DVCPROHD and HDV codecs with downconversion - allowing projects to be downconverted to SD.
- Native 10-Bit Video
- Supporting native 10-bit resolution, KONA LHe provides optimum quality for SD and HD - the maximum allowed in SMPTE SDI standards. Using QuickTime format, KONA LHe captures directly to 10-bit files on disk, and also supports many legacy 8-bit formats for backward compatibility. KONA LHe also supports DVCPROHD and HDV, DV25, DV50, JPEG and more.
- Pro Audio Support
- In addition to perfection in video, KONA LHe offers all the audio support you'd ever want: native OS X multi-channel audio and 24-bit AES/EBU digital audio at 48kHz for digital production. For ease of use, KONA LHe also includes hardware sample-rate conversion on AES inputs - eliminating source synchronizing requirements.
- KONA LHe Supports Final Cut Multi-Cam Feature
- Final Cut Pro 5 now provides multi-cam playout - and KONA LHe supports it! With KONA hardware and a sufficient storage solution, you can handle up to 16 sources in realtime. Each stream of video is captured individually and then ganged together in Final Cut Pro 5 for a multi-cam editing workflow. The KONA LHe hardware seamlessly plays the multi-cam clips out to professional broadcast monitors or decks, via SDI, HD-SDI or component video. Up to 16 sources can be viewed in realtime via the KONA (4-up, 6-up, 9-up, 16-up, etc.), or each individual source can be viewed as it is selected via Final Cut Pro 5.
| Type | 10/12-bit Uncompressed SD/HD QuickTime Capture/Output Card |
| Compatible with |
Final Cut Pro 5 Motion After Effects Combustion, and more |
| Video System | NTSC, PAL |
| Video Formats |
Formats 10-bit HD-SDI/SDI, SMPTE-259/292/296 12-bit HD/SD Uncompressed Analog YUV Frame Rates HD |
| Audio Formats |
Digital 24-bit, 48KHz - AES/EBU 24-bit SMPTE-259 SDI embedded audio Analog |
| Host Connection | x4 PCI-Express slot |
| Input and Output Connectors |
Video Digital 1 x BNC HD/SD-SDI, in 2 x BNC HD/SD-SDI, out Analog Analog Genlock |
| Real-Time Output | Yes |
| Real-Time Layers | 16 |
| Hardware Real-Time Effects |
Yes
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Please Note:Apple RT Extreme Hardware Acceleration close |
| WYSIWYG Support | Yes |
| Agency Certifications | Not specified by manufacturer |
| System Requirements |
Minimum KONA LHe System:
Recommended KONA LHe System:
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| Dimensions (WxHxD) | Not Applicable |
| Weight | Not Applicable |
| Warranty | 3-Year limited warranty |
- Brochure (PDF 2.7mb)
System Extensions
- Price: $299.00
Cables & Cable Management
- Price: $31.99
Editing Software
- Price: $964.95
What's in the Box
- AJA Kona-LHe x4 PCI-Express card
- Kona-LHe Standard AV Breakout cable
- Read Me First Notice
- Software/Documentation CD-ROM
- Installation/Operation Manual
- Warranty card
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