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Cross-conversion is high-quality hardware-based, providing capability to
streamline dailies and offers true broadcast picture quality in real time. Because
these functions are in hardware on the card, they are available full time, all
the time—with no CPU load. Such conversions are useful for cost effective
monitoring, making standard definition dubs of an HD project, or upconverting
from a standard definition project to an HD deliverable.
KONA 4’s high-quality input sample-rate conversion on AES inputs eliminates the
need for audio source synchronization. Sample rate converters auto-lock to any
AES input, 32-96kHz, and then convert it to 24-bit 48kHZ audio, locked to internal
KONA 4 video.
KONA 4 supports two versions of firmware, 4K and UFC, which can be installed as
needed to meet your specific requirements.
Besides shared features (see
"Shared KONA Features" on page 5
), KONA 4 offers:
• Four DIN 1.0/2.3 sliding sleeve video connectors on the card endplate (a DIN
to full size BNC adapter cable snake is provided)
• SD-SDI, HD-SDI, Dual Link HD-SDI, and 3G HD-SDI inputs
• HDMI 1.4b output (mini HDMI connector on card, full size connector on
optional K3G-Box)
• 2K support that includes 2048x1556 and 2048x1080 formats
• 4K and UltraHD capture and playout, up to 60 fps (4K Mode only)
• Quadrant and Two Sample Interleave transport (4K Mode only)
• 12-bit HD Component analog video and SD analog Component or Composite/
S-Video (Y/C)
• 10-bit HD/SD Video+Key Output
• Dual Link HD-SDI (4:4:4), and the ingest and output of SMPTE-372M compliant
4:4:4 RGB video and 4:2:2 1080p 50, 1080p 59.94, and 1080p 60 at 10-bit
• HDR signaling and monitoring for HDR10 and HLG High Dynamic Range video
• Broadcast quality hardware-based 10-bit up-, down- and cross-conversion
(UFC Mode only)
• Broadcast quality hardware based 10-bit SD aspect ratio conversion,
anamorphic to letterbox, etc. (UFC Mode only)
• 8-channel 24-bit, 48kHz digital AES/EBU audio
• 16 channels of SDI embedded digital audio
• Audio Monitor mixing of sources, including Host Computer and Application
(4K Mode only)
• Genlock input with optional looping capability via the K3G-Box (terminated
on the supplied breakout cable)
• LTC (longitudinal timecode) input/output
KONA 4 Breakout Cable Connections
Figure 6. KONA 4 Breakout Cable
NOTE: KONA 4 breakout cables cannot be used with KONA 5 cards, and vice versa.
