Io offers Final Cut Pro users unsurpassed 10-bit uncompressed video and multi-channel audio. With Io, you can configure a Power Mac as a professional editing suite, corporate/industrial video center, or high-powered desktop video setup—and just about anything in between.

Both analog and digital sources are offered, allowing connection to just about every kind of video/audio peripheral from the most current digital decks to old legacy devices. It does this with unique simplicity, using a single FireWire connection between Io and the Apple Power Mac—while serving simultaneous realtime connection for all audio and video sources.

How does Io transfer uncompressed video over FireWire? It efficiently uses the IEEE 1394a 400Mb/s FireWire port on the Power Mac for all data transfer—since uncompressed is 270Mb/s (with filler data included), FireWire handily carries the bandwidth.

RS-422 Control Port (Sony), 9-pin D, for machine control.

10-bit uncompressed SDI with embedded audio In/Out.

Analog (10-bit A/D and D/A) video inputs/outputs.
-S-Video In/Out
-Composite NTSC/PAL Video In/Out
-Component YPbPr/RGB Video In/Out
-Genlock/Reference Video (looping)


24-bit digital/optical/analog multi-channel audio.
-4 channel AES/EBU audio In/Out
-4 channel balanced/unbalanced analog audio In connectors support XLR or TRS-type connections
-4 channel balanced analog audio Out connectors (XLR)
-8 channel optical audio In/Out
-8 channel balanced audio monitor Out
-8 channel embedded audio over SDI
Audio word clock connector (BNC) for audio synchronization
Front Panel Status Indicators: Power On/Off, FireWire (active/inactive), Ref (Genlock), NTSC or PAL.

Front Panel Mode Indicators: Input/Output.

Front Panel Video/Audio Input Source Indicators.
-Video: Present, SDI, Component, Composite, and S-video
-Audio: Present, SDI, ADAT, AES/EBU, and Analog