Installation and Operation Manual

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KONA 4 Features

Figure 6. KONA 4 Card

Four DIN

1.0/2.3 sliding

sleeve BNCs

Mini-HDMI 1.4b

Output

Connector

Multi-pin

Breakout Cable

Connector

KONA 4 features hardware-based full 10-bit broadcast quality motion adaptive SD

to HD up-conversion, HD to SD down-conversion and HD to HD cross-conversion.

The KONA 4's built-in up-converter uses a full 10-bit path, fully motion adaptive

de-interlacing, and large multi-point digital interpolators. Down-conversion uses

large multi-point digital interpolators, anti-alias filtering and interpolation.

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.

For HDR workflows, KONA 4 in 4K mode supports HDR10 and HLG for rich color

delivery. KONA 4 also supports Dolby Vision HDR with the appropriate 3rd party

software.

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