IO is not one of your marquee topics, but it is one of those essentials, especially when you don’t have enough. NAB was full of technology designed to smooth the transition from format to format, device to device, signal/codec to monitor. AJA’s nifty IoHD–a portable survival kit for Apple Pro Rez users was just one standout example especially for in-the-field and/or small facility editing–it’s been discussed in earlier posts.

Another small victory in IO comes from Ensemble Designs. The Bright Eye 90 series of up/down/cross convertors can do everything from simple aspect ratio conversion in it’s most basic config to a host of HD up and down conversions, with processing that spans audio, HDMI, fiber, USB…. The company expanded the line at NAB offering more options for camera/projector interface, HDMI output for monitoring, upconverting analog camera signal to digital HD, handling HD and SD digital and analog composite signals and AES digital audio.