HD
There are many HD codecs available to todays video editor. Some are great for acquisition and some for post production. There are only a few that are good for both. Your capture card choice can allow you to take advantage of both worlds. Carbon Sound and Picture carries industry leading capture cards for both Mac and Windows from AJA, Blackmagic and Matrox. Each one has its own workflow and feature set. Call one of our sales staff and set up a demo in one of our four product specific demo suites.

	AJA IoHD   AJA's new IoHD is the latest in the award-winning Io family of products-an effortless, transportable plug-in solution to working with HD and SD in Final Cut Pro 6 on a Macbook Pro or Mac Pro computer. With a single FireWire 800 connection, IoHD supports the amazing new Apple ProRes 422 Codec-natively, in hardware, to bring production-quality HD editing to laptops!
	AJA KONA LH/LHe   Supporting native 10-bit resolution, KONA LHe provides optimum quality for SD and HD - the maximum allowed in SMPTE SDI standards. Using QuickTime format, KONA LHe captures directly to 10-bit files on disk, and also supports many legacy 8-bit formats for backward compatibility. KONA LHe also supports DVCPROHD and HDV, DV25, DV50, JPEG and more.
	AJA KONA 3   KONA 3 is the ultimate uncompressed capture card for seamless operation with PCI Express (PCIe) Apple G5 Power Macs and Apple Final Cut Pro. Supporting any uncompressed SD or HD format, including Dual Link and 2K, KONA 3 captures and plays back uncompressed 10-bit and 8-bit digital video and 24-bit digital audio, providing unparalleled power and workflow efficiency.
	AJA XENA LH/LHe   XENA LH offers a full ride to HD with no-compromise, 10-bit and 8-bit uncompressed video, 2-channel AES and 8-channel embedded audio, analog composite/component video I/O, 2-channel analog audio I/O, 10-bit broadcast-quality hardware HD to SD downconversion and TBC on analog inputs. XENA LH bridges the analog and digital worlds by offering I/O for both.
	Matrox MXO 2   The new Matrox MXO2 is the first truly portable device that gives you broadcast-quality input/output, monitoring, and up/down/cross conversion to streamline your workflow with Apple Final Cut Studio 2 and Adobe CS3 Production Premium on the Mac. It’s lightweight, fits in your laptop bag, and runs for hours on a field battery. It lets you work seamlessly in any format you want. Enjoy new-found freedom with Matrox MXO2 – edit anywhere!
	Blackmagic Design DeckLink HD Extreme   Now you can afford the incredible quality of high definition at a standard definition price. DeckLink HD series capture cards support the highest quality 10 bit SDI or HDMI video. All cards also support 14 bit analog video, and switch between HD and SD instantly. With 3 different models available, you can connect to any deck, camera or monitor.
	Blackmagic Design Multibridge Eclipse   Multibridge is the world's first external PCI Express capture and playback solution that instantly switches between SD, HD and 2K, in 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 video quality. Connect to your PC or Mac with high speed 10 Gb/s PCI Express for the world's highest quality editing system or use independently as a bi-directional SDI video converter.
	Blackmagic Design Intensity   Add the incredible quality of HDMI to your computer. Intensity features the latest HDMI technology for the highest quality capture and playback on Windows or Mac OS X computers. Now you can edit using big-screen HDMI televisions and video projectors, or capture uncompressed quality from HDV cameras.
	Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro   Add the incredible quality of HDMI to your computer. Intensity features the latest HDMI technology for the highest quality capture and playback on Windows or Mac OS X computers. Now you can edit using big-screen HDMI televisions and video projectors, or capture uncompressed quality from HDV cameras!
	Matrox Axio LE   Breakthrough price/performance in realtime HD and SD editing. Features include: Uncompressed 8-bit HD and SD editing, relies on the power of your system GPU to process Matrox Flex effects, DV-1394, composite, Y/C, HD/SD analog component, and HD/SD SDI input and output, simultaneous HD and SD output, 2-in/6-out AES/EBU audio, 2-in/6-out XLR audio, 2-in/6-out SDI embedded audio, 1/4" output jack for stereo monitoring.
	Matrox Axio HD   Ultra high performance realtime HD and SD editing with HD I/O. Features include: Uncompressed 8- or 10-bit HD and SD editing, dedicated on-board GPU for guaranteed realtime Matrox Flex effects, DV-1394, HD/SD SDI input and output, RGB and YPbPr analog component output, 4-in/8-out AES/EBU audio, 8-in/8-out SDI embedded audio, 2 XLR outputs for monitoring.