In a joint venture between Apple and AJA Video Systems, AJA introduces the Io HD—natively supporting Apple’s new ProRes 422 format announced at the start of NAB.
AJA’s Io HD allows 10-bit, 4:2:2 full-resolution HD editing on the MacBook Pro and Mac Pro via its FireWire 800 (IEEE-1394) interface. The portable device, wrapped nicely in a sleek design with an easy-to-carry handle, includes up-, down-, and cross-conversion, all at 10-bit hardware-based quality and is designed for Apple's new Final Cut Pro 6 for professional editing, and other QuickTime applications on Mac OS X for graphics, audio and digital content creation.
Io HD supports both Apple ProRes 422 and ProRes 422 HQ, in 720 and 1080 HD—capture (compression) and playback (decompression) are all handled directly in the Io HD.
Running on a new AJA-built driver, similar to the KONA driver, Io HD offers SD/HD analog inputs and outputs, SD/HD digital I/O including HD-SDI and HDMI, as well as RS-422, Genlock, Balanced analog and AES audio, and LTC time code connections.
According to AJA, Io HD will be available by the end of July of 2007 for $3,495.
Comments (3) for "AJA Delivers Io HD"
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This is gret news,
But it looks like it has a Hard drive in it that you record to?
or....what?
do you attach Sata drives?
Posted by benton on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 @ 12:05 PM
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Benton - no, it's not storage, it's an I/O device. It'll do the hardware transcoding from your capture device to the Mac, or from the Mac to output. You'll still need appropriate storage on the Mac itself.
Posted by Matt on Thursday, April 19, 2007 @ 12:16 PM
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Ah,
Thanks Matt...so it's really just gonna end up being a little bit smaller than lugging a MacPro (w/ HD-SDI card) and compressing to Sheer or PhotoJpeg 4:2:2....
Same price. Plus with a MacPro you also get a computer...
Posted by benton on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 @ 04:33 PM
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