AJA NAB 2014 Product Announcements

by: cwalsh 4/08/2014

AJA Launches FS1-X; Next Generation Frame Synch and FRC

Las Vegas, NV, NAB Conference, Booth SL2505 (April 7, 2014)— AJA Video Systems today released FS1-X, a compact single rack-mount frame synchronizer and converter designed to match up disparate audio and video formats in broadcast, mobile and post-production environments. Tapping AJA’s industry-leading conversion algorithms, FS1-X supports up-, down- and cross-conversion between SD and HD signals ensuring the highest quality output possible. Featuring a flexible architecture, FS1-X simultaneously works with 3G/HD/SD-SDI 10-bit video and incorporates a massive number of embedded audio, AES, MADI and analog audio channels.

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AJA Launches LUT-box for Precise Color and Look Management

Las Vegas, NV, NAB Conference, Booth SL2505 (April 7, 2014)— AJA Video Systems today released LUT-box, a new Mini-Converter to allow monitors to display accurate color space and look for any SDI video signal. Easily load 3D LUTs at up to 17X17X17 points using the integrated USB connection and free MiniConfig software on either Mac or Windows. Simultaneous outputs support both HDMI and SDI monitors from a single LUT-box.

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AJA Launches New Hi5-Plus and HA5-Plus Mini-Converters at NAB 2014

Las Vegas, NV, NAB Conference, Booth SL2505 (April 7, 2014)— AJA Video Systems today announced its new Hi5-Plus and HA5-Plus Mini-Converters, powerful and portable devices that harness AJA’s proven technology for streamlining broadcast and post production workflows.

Hi5-Plus is AJA’s next generation SDI-to-HDMI Mini-Converter. Capable of handling 3G and Dual Link inputs, Hi5-Plus outputs Deep Color 30- and 36-bit video for driving HDMI monitoring solutions. Embedded audio is passed through to the output and a 2-channel RCA analog output allows easy audio monitoring.

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AJA Announces KONA 4 Supporting High Frame Rate 4K up to 60fps

Las Vegas, NV, NAB Conference, Booth SL2505 (April 7, 2014)— AJA Video Systems today announced KONA 4, the latest generation in its award-winning line of professional desktop video and audio I/O cards. KONA 4 offers unparalleled features for handling everything from SD to HD, 2K and 4K with full 10-bit 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 color spaces for fantastic image clarity. New with KONA 4 is support for high frame rate (HFR) 4K/UltraHD up to 60p and HFR UltraHD HDMI output.

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AJA Launches Corvid 88; Delivering Multi-Channel I/O to Developer Partners

Las Vegas, NV, NAB Conference, Booth SL2505 (April 7, 2014)— AJA Video Systems today announced Corvid 88, delivering high-density multi-channel video and audio I/O via an 8-lane PCIe 2.0 card. Corvid is AJA’s family of products designed for integration into solutions offered by third-party Developer Partners including Colorfront, Codex, Quantel, Autodesk and others.

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AJA Announces Development Partnership with Grass Valley

Las Vegas, NV, NAB Conference, Booth SL2505 (April 7, 2014)— AJA Video Systems today announced a new development partnership with Grass Valley. As part of the partnership, Grass Valley will integrate AJA Corvid Ultra and TruScale™ scaling hardware into the Grass Valley K2 Dyno Replay System and Summit 3G broadcast replay server to drive real-time pan and zoom from UltraHD/4K to HD.

By combining the AJA TruScale™ scaling hardware with the new DynoZoom™ function in K2 Dyno, replay customers can further enhance the viewing experience. DynoZoom, is integrated directly on the Dyno controller, making it the fastest and most intuitive implementation in the market.

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