Aja Video Systems KONA 1-T-R0 KONA 1 T - Single Channel 3G/1.5G-SDI I/O Tall RS422 PCIe 2.0 Card

AJA KONA 1 T Single Channel 3G-SDI PCIe I/O Card, Full Height

The AJA KONA 1 is a single-channel 3G-SDI 2K/HD 60p I/O card for broadcast, post, ProAV and OEM developers, with serial control, reference/LTC and HDR over SDI. The KONA 1 T is the tall (full height) version, with RS-422 on a 9-pin external connector. It captures, monitors and outputs frame accurately up to 2K 60p over 3G-SDI, with an SDI input and output carrying 16 channels of embedded audio and video pass through on the SDI output while capturing. HDR is supported with PQ, HLG and Dolby Vision, VPID signaling and, with AJA Control Room, HDR metadata capture and auto playback detection. It works with applications from Adobe, Avid, Apple, OBS Project and Telestream on macOS, Windows and Linux, including Apple silicon systems.

Key features

• Single channel 3G-SDI capture or playback, 2K/HD/SD up to 50/60p
• 2 x 3G-SDI connections (in, out) with 16-channel embedded audio
• RGB 4:4:4 12-bit and YCbCr 4:2:2 10-bit HFR workflows
• 10-bit LUT support (.cube)
• VPID signaling for SDR/HDR; PQ, HLG and Dolby Vision support
• HDR metadata capture and auto playback detection
• Reference/LTC input on card (analog black burst or tri-level)
• RS-422 on 9-pin external connector
• Apple silicon support

Specifications

• Video formats: 2K 1080p up to 60, 1080PsF, HD 1080i/p/PsF, 720p, 625i, 525i
• Video I/O: 3G/1.5G/SD-SDI, SMPTE 425/292/259
• Audio: 16-channel 24-bit SDI embedded, 48 kHz
• Bus: 2-lane PCIe 2.0
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 22.36 x 187.46 x 120.65 mm
• Weight: 0.2 kg