Specifications

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Features: Two Thunderbolt ports (supports pass-through/”daisy-chaining”)
Two SD-SDI, HD-SDI, HSDL, and 3G HD-SDI inputs and outputs
Single link SDI 4:2:2 or 4:4:4; Dual-link SDI 4:4:4/HSDL support
HDMI Input and Output (including output for stereoscopic monitoring to consumer
3D displays)
Analog component/composite output, 10-bit
Broadcast quality hardware based 10-bit upconversion
Broadcast quality hardware based 10-bit downconversion
Broadcast quality hardware based 10-bit crossconversion (1080 to 720 and 720
to1080)
DVCProHD hardware scaling acceleration
HDV hardware scaling acceleration
Final Cut Pro Dynamic RT Extreme hardware acceleration
Broadcast quality hardware based 10-bit SD aspect ratio conversion (anamorphic
toletterbox, etc.)
16-Channel Embedded SDI audio
Eight channels analog audio output (using Tascam-style DB25-type cable)
Front panel LED VU meters and Headphone output w/level control
Reference In/LTC In (selectable)
LTC Output
RS-422 control via 9-pin
Rugged Chassis, Small Size
12V DC, 4-pin XLR Power (AC adapter included)
3D Stereoscopic
Workflow
Io XT offers you the simplest path through 3D stereoscopic workflows.
Through SDI, you can output Discrete Left and Right Eye feeds with a simple Stereo button
choice in the AJA Control Panel. Additionally, muxed stereo output is possible using a single
SDI output. AJA hardware and software works in close collaboration with CineForm's
Neo3D software tools and CineForm codec to allow stereoscopic editorial and viewing
when working with Apple's Final Cut Pro 7 or Adobe's CS.5.
Through it's HDMI 1.4a output, Io XT makes it possible to connect to affordable 3D-capable
monitors for stereoscopic monitoring.
Broadcast-Quality
Conversion
Io XT features hardware-based full 10-bit broadcast quality motion adaptive SD to HD
upconversion, HD to SD downconversion and HD to HD crossconversion.
The quality of the conversion features found in the Io XT is virtually identical to AJA's award
winning stand-alone converter products used throughout the post production market. The
Io XT built-in upconverter uses a a full 10-bit path, fully motion adaptive de-interlacing, and
large multi-point digital interpolators. Downconversion uses large multi-point digital
interpolators, anti-alias filtering and interpolation.
Crossconversion is high-quality hardware-based, providing capability to streamline dailies
and offers true broadcast picture quality in realtime. Because these functions are in
hardware, 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.