AJA KONA 5.0 - Manual (Page 15)

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5 Introduction — KONA 3/3x Features
KONA LHi Features
The KONA LHi card provides the Windows workstation with both HD and SD analog and digital
I/O, and HDMI input and output. The LHi SDI I/O BNCs also support 3G-SDI, consisting of a single
2.970 Gbit/s serial link, standardized in SMPTE 424M.
KONA LHi Features include:
• 10-bit Uncompressed SD/HD Capture Card
• 12-bit HD Analog Component I/O
• 12-bit SD Analog Component or Composite/YC I/O
• 3G, HD-SDI, or SD-SDI input I/O
• HDMI input and output with v1.3a Deep Color at 30 bits per pixel
• 2-channel balanced XLR AES and 2-channel balanced XLR Analog Audio I/O
• 8-channel SDI Embedded Audio I/O
• Broadcast-quality hardware 10-bit up-convert, down-convert and cross-convert.
• Native support for DPX, Cineon, TGA, TIFF, BMP, YUV, AVI and QuickTime files
• HD/SD Genlock
• RS-422 Machine Control
• Cables standard, KLHi-Box breakout box optional
• AJA KONA software, including application plugins and AJA Machina capture/playout
software
• PCI-express (PCIe) bus interface
• LTC selectable on reference input
KONA LHi I/O The KONA LHi comes standard with a breakout cable, and also works with the optional KLHi-Box
for rackmounted I/O convenience. It offers multi-channel audio and 16/24/32-bit AES/EBU
digital audio at 48 kHz for digital production. By including hardware sample-rate conversion on
AES inputs, KONA LHi eliminates source synchronizing requirements.
Supporting Digital SD/HD and Analog SD/HD I/O, KONA LHi fits many diverse workflows
including analog component connections from HDV cameras providing direct ingest of HDV-
acquired material into uncompressed or any other supported file format. These 12-bit analog
inputs and outputs, and 10-bit digital I/Os, ensure that KONA LHi can interface to almost any SDI
or analog device.
KONA LHi is a 4-lane PCI-express bus card that provides HDMI in/out and has 1 SDI/HD input and
1 SDI/HD output. HDMI input and output, effectively allows use of inexpensive but high-quality
HD camcorders for input and HDMI monitors for low-cost HD program monitoring.
HD/SD Conversion KONA LHi also provides 10-bit hardware HD-to-SD up-, down-, or cross-conversion that can be
applied to any or all inputs or outputs. Digitize HD into space-efficient SD for off-line work.
Monitor HD files on an SD monitor. Make analog or digital SD tape masters from an HD project.