Ki Pro Mini 10-bit 4:2:2 Flash Disk Recorder Wins Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit Award;

KONA 3G Multi-Format SD/HD/Dual Link/3G/2K I/O Hardware Wins TV Technology STAR Award

Grass Valley, CA - AJA Video Systems received two awards last week at IBC 2010; one for its new, highly portable Ki Pro Mini file-based recorder and one for KONA 3G, its new multi-format SD/HD/Dual Link/3G/2K video I/O solution for Mac and PC-based systems.

Ki Pro Mini received a coveted Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit Award, the industry’s longest-running product technology award, given in recognition of products that can bring significant technical and financial improvements to a broadcast or production facility’s operation. KONA 3G was recognized with a TV Technology Europe STAR Award, given to preeminent technological innovations that contribute to advancing the broadcast industry by helping users save money or accomplish tasks in an easier way.

AJA’s Ki Pro Mini is a smaller, lighter version of its breakthrough portable tapeless recorder, Ki Pro, that captures to the Apple ProRes 422 codec directly from camera. The highly portable Ki Pro Mini flash disk recorder mounts easily to digital cameras and accessories, enabling it to fit unobtrusively in small spaces for on-set capture of 10-bit 4:2:2 files that are immediately ready for editing. It delivers seamless 10-bit file-based acquisition, going from lens to post in a flash. US MSRP is $1,995.

The KONA 3G capture card features 10-bit uncompressed video 3G/HD/SD SDI I/O, new HDMI 1.4a output for stereographic monitoring to consumer 3D displays, 8-channel AES digital audio I/O (16-channel AES with optional K3G-Box) and 16-channel SDI embedded audio I/O, real time hardware-based up/down/cross conversion to support a range of SD and HD, dual-link HD, even 2K formats, a hardware-based downstream keyer, an optional K3G-Box for additional connectivity and more. US MSRP is $1,995.

Both Ki Pro Mini and KONA 3G are planned for availability in October.

Since 1993, AJA Video has been a leading manufacturer of high-quality and cost-effective digital video interface, conversion and Desktop solutions supporting the professional broadcast and post- production markets. With headquarters in Grass Valley, California, AJA maintains an extensive sales channel of dealers and systems integrators around the world. For further information, please see our website www.aja.com.