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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 IoHD  Mac
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 AJA KONA LH/LHe  Mac
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 AJA KONA 3  Mac
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 AJA XENA LH/LHe  Windows XP
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.

Blackmagic Design Multibridge Eclipse Matrox MXO 2  Mac
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!

BMD HD Extreme 3D Blackmagic Design DeckLink
HD Extreme 3D
  MacWindows XP
The new DeckLink HD Extreme 3D features single and dual channel SDI capture and playback for both regular 2D and new 3D stereoscopic workflows! Includes dual link 3 Gb/s SDI, HDMI and analog component/composite/s-video connections. Work in SD, HD, 3 Gb/s HD-SDI and 2K in 4:2:2 or 4:4:4. Also includes AES and analog balanced audio, 16 channel SDI audio, genlock and deck control. SDI, HDMI and analog component works in all video formats up to 1080p60. Includes broadcast quality up, down and cross conversion, plus built in SD/HD internal keyer

BMD Ultrastudio Pro Blackmagic Design Ultrastudio Pro  Windows XP
UltraStudio Pro is the world’s first broadcast quality SD/HD capture and playback solution for USB 3.0 computers! UltraStudio Pro combines the latest broadcast technology into an attractive ultra-thin design that looks great on your desktop! With the incredible speed of USB 3.0 running at a massive 4.8 Gb/s, UltraStudio Pro easily has enough speed for the highest quality uncompressed 10 bit HD video with the maximum possible real time effects!

Blackmagic Design Multibridge Eclipse Blackmagic Design Multibridge Eclipse  MacWindows XP
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.

BMD Intensity Shuttle Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle  Windows XP
Intensity lets you capture and playback in the most incredible quality of HDMI and component analog video in both SD and HD. Smash the quality barrier for your video work because Intensity is not only the highest quality, but also affordable! There's two fantastic models of Intensity; Intensity Pro for PCI Express based computers and the new Intensity Shuttle for USB 3.0 computers!

Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro  MacWindows XP
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!
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