AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of
professional video interface and conversion solutions, today announced
first customer shipments of Io HD, delivering HD editing to the MacBook Pro
and Mac Pro Pro via its unique Firewire 800 (IEEE-1394b) interface. Io HD
is the first device to natively support Apple's ProRes 422 video format in
hardware, and has been recognized with six industry awards for technical
innovation.

"The response to Io HD has been overwhelming and we are so excited to
deliver this product to our customers," commented Nick Rashby, President,
AJA Video. "We worked very closely with Apple to embed support for ProRes
422 directly into the Io HD, and the effort is yielding an incredible level
of performance and video format flexibility to Final Cut Pro editors."

Along with unparalleled video and audio connectivity, Io HD includes a
similar feature set to AJA's industry-leading KONA lineup; 10-bit
hardware-based up-conversion, cross-conversion, and down-conversion, all
performed in real time. Io HD runs on a new AJA-built driver, supporting
features such as core audio, and very low latency. Within its portable and
high style chassis, Io HD offers SD/HD analog inputs and outputs, SD/HD
digital I/O including HD-SDI and HDMI, as well as RS-422, Genlock, Balanced
analog and AES audio, and even LTC time code connections.

Io HD is available now through AJA's global channel of dealers and
integrators at an MSRP of $3495.00 US, and includes AJA's 3-year
international warranty and support.

www.aja.com