Aja Colorbox - In-line HDR/SDR Algorithmic and LUT Color Transforms
Designed for broadcast, post and ProAV, as well as OEM developers, KONA LHe Plus is a robust, cost efficient single-channel SDI I/O card with serial control, reference/LTC and analog video and audio. KONA LHe Plus features standard application plug-ins and supports capture, monitoring and/or playback with software applications from AJA, Adobe®, Avid®, Apple®, Telestream and more as well as AJA SDK support. KONA LHe Plus also enables simultaneous monitoring during capture (pass-through).
Features
- HD-SDI and SD-SDI up to 1080 30p / 720 60p
- 3x 1.5G-SDI connections (1x In, 2x Out) with 8-channel embedded audio
- YCbCr 4:2:2 10-bit workflows supported
- 10-bit LUT support (.cube)
- Real time HD to SD down-conversion with pristine 10-bit quality
- Compatible with leading creative apps
- Includes support for Apple silicon
- Supports AES and Analog Audio I/O for Telestream Wirecast
- Included breakout cable for Ref (Analog Color Black or Composite Sync), RS-422, 2-ch AES/EBU, Analog composite or S-video, or SD/HD component, 2-ch analog audio I/O
- Extend external connectivity with KL-BOX-LH breakout box
Affordable Power
KONA LHe Plus offers video professionals at all levels an affordable desktop I/O solution that doesn't compromise on quality or essential functionality. KONA LHe Plus supports both HD/SD analog and digital I/O for video and audio, providing maximum capability, simplifying integrating analog and digital signals into a single workflow and multiple output options to ensure you can deliver whatever formats are required.
Apple silicon Support
AJA Desktop Software is optimized for the latest Apple silicon with native support for AJA macOS drivers, application plug-ins, AJA Control Room, AJA Control Panel, and AJA System Test.
Versatile I/O
With support for 10-bit or 8-bit uncompressed video, KONA LHE Plus features one input and two outputs which can be configured independently for HD or SD. KONA LHe Plus also includes 2-channel AES digital audio, 8-channel SDI embedded digital audio, analog composite/S-video/SD/HD component video I/O, 2-channel balanced analog audio I/O, Genlock input, and three BNCs which may be configured for analog video input and output (HD or SD).
Workflow
Supporting macOS, Windows and Linux, KONA LHe Plus offers cost effective simple connectivity for a range of workflows.
Unique analog workflows
Because KONA LHe Plus supports 12-bit analog compontent HD input and output, devices with analog HD output, such as analog VTRs and game consoles, can be connected for a variety of workflows.
RS-422
A 9-pin RS-422 connection available on either the included breakout cable or the optional KL-Box-LH breakout box, allows KONA LHe Plus to take control of external devices for frame accurate ingest and layoffs.
AJA Hardware Conversion
KONA LHe Plus features full 10-bit, broadcast-quality, motion-adaptive HD to SD down-conversion, and HD/SD 12-bit component analog output. The down-converter allows KONA LHe Plus to connect to analog SD devices for output. This can be used to check framing and color for SD versions while still working in full resolution HD within your application, ensuring proper quality for multi-format deliveries. Since conversion is hardware-based, it's available all the time - during ingest or playback.
Extend Your Connectivity with KL-Box-LH
The optional KL-Box-LH breakout box lets you integrate KONA LHe Plus easily into rack environments for quick access to all video and audio connections. Additional connectivity includes BNC digital AES/EBU connectors and RCA audio monitoring jacks.
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AJA DataCalc
AJA DataCalc is a mobile OS application for iOS, iPadOS and Android, offering two modes for storage and time calculations based upon raster, frame rate and codec choices.
DataCalc - Calculate your storage needs before capture.
TimeCalc – Calculate the run time of materials you can capture by storage size.
Share results with your team straight from the application.
Applications Compatibility
AJA Desktop products offer unparalleled workflow compatibility with a range of software applications that span production, post, and delivery, and more. Please click here for compatibility information.
- HDR Conversions
- HDR to HDR
- HDR to SDR
- SDR to HDR
- Colorimetry
- BT.709 and BT.2020
- (4K) 4096x2160p
- (UltraHD) 3840x2160p
- (2K) 2048x1080p
- (HD) 1920x1080p
- (HD) 1920x1080i
- (HD) 1280x720p
- Processes in 12-bit RGB
- 6x pipelines; AJA Color, Colorfront, ORION-CONVERT, BBC HLG LUTs, NBCU LUTs, ACES
- 7x processing nodes plus Overlay in AJA Color; 4x 1D LUTs, 2x 3x3 Matrices, 1x 3D LUT
- 7x nodes in order of processing:
- 1D LUT, 3x3 Matrix, 1D LUT, 3D LUT, 1D LUT, 3x3 Matrix, 1D LUT, Overlay
- 3D LUT configurable as LUT or Dynamic
- Supports custom 33-point .CUBE, .SPI3D, and .3DL format 3D LUTs*, .CLF and .CTF
- 1D LUTs configurable as LUT, Dynamic, or Color Corrector
- Supports custom 10 and 12-bit .CUBE and .SPI1D format 1D LUTs
- 3x3 Matrices configurable as Matrix, Dynamic, or Proc Amp
- Supports custom .SPIMTX format matrices
- Tetrahedral 3D LUT interpolation
- Configurable Color Space, Range, and Transfer Characteristic
- ARRI Alexa 35’s Wireless Video Optimized LogC4 (WVO) Decoder
- Nonvolatile storage of 16x 3D LUTs, 16x 1D LUTs, and 16x 3x3 Matrices
- Overlay
- Supports third party apps for automatic loading and display of 3D LUTs
- Reflects dynamic changes in real time from source software
- Full frame LUT processing
- Supported by
- Pomfort Livegrade Pro and Studio
- Assimilate Live Looks and Live Assist
- QTAKE Video Assist
- Processing Based on Human Perception Model
- Perceptually optimized color volume remapping
- Preserves the original creative intent
- TV Mode for applications such as television broadcast
- Live Mode for applications such as broadcast, OTT, A/V
- SDR to Dolby Vision Preview Mode for applications such as broadcast and postproduction
- Input Video Dynamic Range/Color Gamut (varies by mode)
- SDR BT.709 100 Nits
- SDR Extended BT.709
- PQ BT.2020 1000 Nits
- PQ P3D65 1000 Nits
- Hybrid Log Gamma BT.2100
- HLG Extended BT.709
- HLG Extended BT.2100
- Sony S-Log3 S-Gamut3
- Sony S-Log3 S-Gamut3 Cine
- Sony S-Log3 BT.2020
- ARRI Log C Wide Gamut
- ARRI LogC4 Wide Gamut 4
- ARRI LogC4 Wide Gamut 4 WVO
- Panasonic V-log
- RED Log3G10 Wide Gamut
- Canon Log 2
- Canon Log 3
- Output Video Dynamic Range/Color Gamut (varies by mode)
- SDR BT.709 100 Nits
- SDR Extended BT.709
- PQ BT.2020 1000 Nits
- PQ BT.2020 ConstrainP3
- PQ P3D65 1000 Nits
- Hybrid Log Gamma BT.2100
- HLG Extended BT.709
- HLG Extended BT.2100
- Sony S-Log3 S-Gamut3
- Sony S-Log3 BT.2020
- ARRI Log C Wide Gamut
- ARRI LogC4 Wide Gamut 4
- TV Mode controls
- Highlight management: Brightness, Highlight, Super Highlight
- Colorfulness control for managing the Hunt Effect
- Color Correction: Lift, Gamma, Gain, Saturation
- Camera Correction: Exposure, Color Temp, Tint
- Roundtrip control ensures technical match
- Clamp to Legal
- Live Mode controls
- SDR Preview
- HDR Amount
- Ambient Light Compensation control
- HDR Log Look
- SDR Softness control
- Color Correction: Lift, Gamma, Gain, Saturation
- Camera Correction: Exposure, Color Temp, Tint
- PQ Output Nit level: 48-4000 Nit
- PQ Output P3 Colorspace Clamp
- ITU-R BT.2408 Mode control
- SDR to Dolby Vision Preview controls
- Highlights: Low, Mid, High
- Contrast: Low, Mid, High
- Overlay
- Conversion algorithm that uses floating point math
- Pre and post transform Knee and Amount controls
- Display-Light and Scene-Light Modes
- Configurable HDR and SDR IRE Reference anchor points
- Configurable HDR Peak Nits sets system gamma for display light conversions
- Gamma Compensation
- Configurable Output Clamping
- Input Video Dynamic Range/Color Gamut
- SDR BT.709
- PQ BT.2020
- HLG BT.2100
- Output Video Dynamic Range/Color Gamut
- SDR BT.709
- PQ BT.2020
- HLG BT.2100
- Overlay
- Mathematical dynamic range mapping per ITU-R BT.2408
- SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred to HLG/BT.2100 Strict v1.7
- SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred UpMap to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred UpMap to HLG/BT.2100 Strict v1.7
- SDR/BT.709 Display Referred to HLG/BT.2100 v.1.7
- SDR/BT.709 Display Referred UpMap to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- SDR/BT.2020 Display Referred to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- SDR/BT.2020 Display Referred UpMap to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- PQ 1000 Nits Display Referred to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- PQ 4000 Nits Display Referred to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- S-Log3/BT.2020 100% Scene Referred to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- S-Log3/BT.2020 200% Scene Referred(SR-Live) to HLG/BT.2100 v1.7
- HLG/BT.2100 to SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred v1.7
- HLG/BT.2100 to SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred Strict v1.7
- HLG/BT.2100 to SDR/BT.709 Display Referred Color Appearance Model v1.7
- HLG/BT.2100 to SDR/BT.709 Display Referred Super White v1.7
- HLG/BT.2100 to PQ 1000 Nits Display Referred v1.7
- HLG/BT.2100 to SDR/BT.2020 Display Referred Super White v1.7
- SDR/BT.709 Scene Referred UpMap to HLG/BT.2100 to SDR/BT.709 Display Referred v1.7
- RGB Color Corrector and ProcAmp
- Overlay
- NBCU LUTs developed by NBCUniversal Media, LLC
- 1-NBCU_SDR2HLG_DL_v1.1, SDR UpMap to HLG using Display Light v1.1
- 2-NBCU_SDR2HLG_SL_v1, SDR to HLG using Scene Light v1.0
- 3-NBCU_HLG2SDR_DL_v1.1, HLG to SDR using Display Light v1.1
- 4-NBCU_SDR2PQ_DL_v1, SDR UpMap to PQ using Display Light v1.0
- 5-NBCU_PQ2SDR_DL_v1, PQ to SDR using Display Light v1.0
- 7-NBCU_HLG10002PQ_v1, HLG 1000 Nits to PQ v1.0
- RGB Color Corrector and ProcAmp
- Overlay
- ACES Metadata File (AMF) processing
- Implementation using ACES v1.3
- Built using OpenColorIO (OCIO)
- ARRI Alexa 35’s Wireless Video Optimized LogC4 (WVO) Decoder
- Nonvolatile storage of 16x AMFs
- Overlay
- 1x 12G-SDI Input BNC, SMPTE-292/424/2081/2082
- 2x 12G-SDI Output BNCs, SMPTE-292/424/2081/2082
- YCbCr 4:2:2/4:4:4
- RGB 4:4:4, SMPTE or Full level
- 10 or 12-bit
- 1x 12G-SDI
- (4K) 4096x2160p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 47.95, 48, 50, 59.94, 60
- (UltraHD) 3840x2160p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60
- 1x 6G-SDI
- (4K) 4096x2160p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30
- (UltraHD) 3840x2160p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30
- 1x 3G-SDI (Level A or B Dual Link)
- (2K) 2048x1080p 23.98, 24, 25, 47.95, 48, 50
- (2K) 2048x1080PsF 23.98, 24, 25
- (HD) 1920x1080p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60
- (HD) 1920x1080PsF 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30
- (HD) 1920x1080i 50, 59.94, 60
- (HD) 1280x720p 50, 59.94, 60
- 1x 1.5G-SDI
- (2K) 2048x1080p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30
- (2K) 2048x1080PsF 23.98, 24, 25
- (HD) 1920x1080p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30
- (HD) 1920x1080PsF 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30
- (HD) 1920x1080i 50, 59.94, 60
- (HD) 1280x720p 50, 59.94, 60
- 1x HDMI Type A connector*, HDMI v2.0b
- HDR infoframe generation with pass-through for Colorimetry and Transfer Characteristic
- YCbCr 4:2:2
- RGB 4:4:4, SMPTE or Full level
- 8, 10, or 12-bit (HFR 4K/UltraHD 4:4:4 limited to 8-bit)
- 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD
- 4K/2K Crop to UltraHD or HD
- Nominal video delay is less than 0.5 of a video line and less than 4.5 video lines when down-converting
- Motion adaptive deinterlacer
- Proc Amp controls
- Color corrector
- Legalizer
- Hardware 10-bit
- Independent down-conversion for SDI and HDMI outputs
- 4K to 2K or UltraHD to HD (1920x1080)
- Capture and Recall up to 4K/UltraHD 16-bit .TIFF
- Capture and Recall .TIFF, .PNG, .JPEG
- Capture input or output
- Nonvolatile storage of 16 images
- 10 or 12-bit
- 14x patterns built-in
- SDR and HDR test patterns
- All embedded ANC packets pass-through, including camera ancillary data
- User Text
- Input and Output ancillary information, including VPID
- Timecode presence
- Closed Captioning presence
- Pipeline Configuration
- User Overlay, Recall .PNG overlay images up to 4096x2160
- Nonvolatile storage of 16 overlays
- SDI embedded audio, 24-bit, 16-channel
- SDI embedded audio, 24-bit, 16-channel
- HDMI embedded audio, 24-bit, 8-channel
- 1x RJ-45, 10/100/1000 Ethernet
- Embedded web server for remote control
- REST Interface
- WiFi control available via third party WiFi USB adapter*
- 1x Mini-USB for IP configuration using AJA eMini-Setup
- 10 Pipeline Presets per mode (AJA Color, Colorfront, ORION-CONVERT, BBC HLG LUTs, NBCU LUTs, ACES)
- Startup Preset
- 4.10" x 7.54" x 1.66" (104.1 x 191.6 x 42.1 mm)
- 1.0 lb (0.5 kg)
- External power supply required
- Enclosure: 10-18VDC regulated, 4-pin mini-XLR, 16W typical 3G-SDI, 21W typical 12G-SDI, 25W max.
- AC Adapter, included: 100-240VAC, 50/60 Hz, universal input, 60W
- Optional spare AC adapter sold separately, AJA-PWR-12-60W
- Safe Operating Temperature: 0 to 50 C (32 to 122 F)
- Safe Storage Temperature (Power OFF): -40 to 60 C (-40 to 140 F)
- Operating Relative Humidity: 10-90% noncondensing
- Operating Altitude: <3,000 meters (<10,000 feet)
HDR/WCG Real Time Processor
Video Formats
Color Processing Pipeline
AJA Color Pipeline (ACP)
*Various 3D LUT sizes are supported but will be converted to 33-point for processing
Dynamic LUT Processing
Colorfront Pipeline
ORION-CONVERT Pipeline
BBC HLG LUTs Pipeline
NBCU LUTs Pipeline
ACES Pipeline
Video Input and Output SDI
Note: Raster and Frame Rate Dependent, please see ColorBox Video Formats in Documents and Manual
Video Output HDMI
*If a connected monitor doesn’t support HDMI protocol, the unit automatically switches to DVI protocol (which does not pass audio)
Note: Raster and Frame Rate Dependent, please see ColorBox Video Formats in Documents and Manual
Video Processing
Down-Conversion
Frame Store
Test Pattern Generator
Ancillary Data
Overlay
Audio Input Digital
Audio Output Digital
Network Interface
*Linksys AC1200 WUSB6300 and Netgear AC1900 A7000
