*NEW* AJA Desktop Product News from IBC 2005

[Mark Maness]

Yes, Tony… I did all these things at NAB this year. AJA was very tight lipped about anything. They wouldn’t even comment about anything exciting coming in the future. Oh, yeah, I waited until May to order my system. Yeah, its a fully blown system with a Kona2 and an IO LA but I sure could have saved some money on this IF I had known something about the future of AJA – just a little tip would have been nice. I don’t expect AJA to say that they have a new card that will do HD and SD on the same card but just some little thing like just wait a couple of months and I think you might just see something that will suit your needs better and cheaper. My Sony rep does this all the time. No secrets are slipped out, he just says if you can wait a little bit I think you’ll like this.

I think the thing that bothers me is that we all work for the same goal. All of us here on the cow try to help each other out and that’s an awesome resource. But the companies that we work with on a regular basis should also be helping us out, since we are the people buying their products. Like I said, I don’t expect for secrets to be told, just a little warning that something cool is in the near future.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions

[Mark Maness]

Hey gang… Let me say that I am not upset at the products that I have. I am very satisfied with them (excpet the audio crackle that pops up every once in a while and yes, I have checked my sync setting, its always on FreeRun and it never changes according to the Control Panel). My whole beef here has been that I researched this for a long time and asked AJA before, during, and after NAB about the future products. They couldn’t and would’t tell me if anything cool was about to come out.

Let me say that AJA products are rock solid, not perfect but what is. I am very happy with the Kona2 and the IO LA. I have every input and output available to use, but at a cost of over $3000 instead of being able to spend $1700 and fulfilled our needs just the same. Yeah, I know…. you can’t wait for the future beacuse you’ll never get anything done. Its just the principle here that bothers me.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions