In-sync announces the Loki Product line

Loki is a plug and play Real Time uncompressed SD-SDI board andsoftware solution. The software for Loki is a new Speed Razor 5.6version. Loki hardware is specifically designed for in-sync by AJA ofGrass Valley, California.

The Loki bundle comes complete with:

• Speed Razor 5.6 software

• Loki uncompressed SD-SDI capture hardware

• AES/EBU audio break out cables

Loki Plays back 10 bit YUV, 8 bit YUV, you can mix and match colorin real time on the same timeline. You can capture DV from 1394 andoutput to SDI. This means you can mix uncompressed graphics with DVfootage and output to SDI in real time without DV artifacts!! Lokiplays 23 Bit RGBA graphic files in RT and 24 bit stills as well. Lokiis switch-able from NTSC to PAL and currently only handles NTSC dropframe or PAL.

A Loki Certified system as built by in-sync and in-sync authorizedresellers is ready to run, Blade, Loki, or HD3.0!!! This is a greatopportunity to have a system that is ready for a simply plug and playfield upgrade. Start in DV, move to uncompressed, move to UncompressedHD/SD all in the same system!!!

Loki plays back in real time files created on Matrox Digisuite,Targa 3000, Targa 2000, and Pinnacle Reeltime and a host of togetherlegacy component cards in RT. This means a lot to people with existingprofessional capture cards. In the next few months, it will be veryhard to find motherboards that run legacy capture cards. It will becomeincreasingly difficult to find replacement PC parts for these machinesor they will be extremely expensive. With Loki, people will have a veryeasy cost effective way to move up to uncompressed SDI.

If you like zero latency, then you will adore editing with Loki. Tofurther enhance the editing experience, a new diagnostic tool and arobust software installer. The Loki diagnostic tool measures systemperformance and reports drop frames in real time. This way, you canassure your system is running at full performance.

Installation is extremely easy due to the development and tightintegration of the board to the Windows XP operating system. Theinstaller handles all plug in and driver installation so all you haveto do is hit the “Next” button and you are done.

Pricing and Availability

Loki is shipping now and is available at an unheard of price of$3999 considering SDI is standard and not an option. There are alsomany cross grade paths for existing customers.

Customers with other professional video capture hardware that is nonin-sync supported may also benefit from a cross grade. More informationon which cards are accepted is available from in-sync and in-syncauthorized resellers. www.in-sync.com