AJA IoXT - Manual (Page 5)

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Overview
AJA's Io XT provides professional-grade I/O for high-end computers using a Thunderbolt
interface with 10Gbps available bandwidth. Io XT is the ideal portable companion for
lightning-fast video capture, playback and up/down/cross conversion. Designed for
today’s workflows, Io XT provides a new interface for video Pro's working with 10-bit
uncompressed, Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), XDCAM HD, DVCPRO HD,
stereoscopic 3D workflows, and more.
Io XT connects with a single Thunderbolt cable and provides a second Thunderbolt
connector for storage, making it perfect for on set, or in the edit suite.
Based on the KONA 3G hardware, Io XT provides 3G/Dual-link/HD/SD-SDI, Component
Analog, and HDMI connectivity. The AJA Mac driver delivers extensive codec and media
support within all professional 3rd-party Video applications.
Io XT's 10-bit hardware conversion capability paired with a Thunderbolt RAID System
creates a super-fast editing system, portable enough to fit in a backpack—with desktop
level power.
Features:
• Two Thunderbolt ports (supports pass-through/”daisy-chaining”)
• Two SD-SDI, HD-SDI, and 3G HD-SDI inputs and outputs
• Single link SDI 4:2:2 or 4:4:4; Dual-link SDI 4:4:4
• 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 up-conversion
• Broadcast quality hardware-based 10-bit down-conversion
• Broadcast quality hardware-based 10-bit cross-conversion (1080 to 720 and 720
to1080)
• DVCProHD hardware scaling acceleration
• HDV hardware scaling acceleration