AJA io HD

Recording 10-bit Apple ProRes 422 direct to your Mac via a single FireWire 800 connection, AJA’s award-winning Io HD is a portable plug-in solution for working with HD and SD. Facilitating high-quality capture and playback with the widest range of gear, Io HD let’s you record Apple ProRes files to a FireWire-equipped Mac. Easily interfaced with your on-set capture or post-production equipment, Io HD features hugely flexible professional video and audio connections, allowing it to enhance any workflow. The compact rear panel offers SD/ HD analog I/O, SD/HD digital I/O including HD-SDI and HDMI, balanced analog and digital AES audio, as well as RS-422, Genlock, and even LTC timecode connections. Integrating with the software running on your computer and utilizing efficient hardware-based encoding and decoding, Io HD handles the heavy lifting of compressing and decompressing ProRes files, keeping the load off your CPU, and providing superior quality encoding/decoding compared to software-only solutions. Io HD also includes AJA’s powerful hardware-based 10-bit up/down/cross conversions, enabling real-time, high-quality images for both capture and playback. Built to the exacting standards of all AJA hardware, Io HD is backed by our world-class support network, 3-year international warranty and advanced exchange service.