AJA Video Systems' launch of the Ki Pro portable digital disk recorder at NAB 2009 was recognized with four awards; Ki Pro was awarded the Videography magazine Vidy Award, the DV magazine Black Diamond Award, the TV Technology Star Award and the Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit Award.

Ki Pro records files to the Apple ProRes 422 codec directly from camera, allowing filmmakers, broadcasters, video professionals and prosumers to skip the process of re-rendering to an editing codec by giving immediate access to 10-bit full-raster edit-ready Apple ProRes 422 files.

"We've been developing Ki Pro for quite some time, and before it was formally launched, companies like Apple, ARRI, Canon, JVC and RED let us know how excited they were about it," said Nick Rashby, president, AJA Video Systems. "Despite the behind-the-scenes enthusiasm, nothing could have prepared us for the overwhelming reception for our new NAB products. Our booth was swamped throughout the show, and these industry awards are both an incredible honor and affirmation of the hard work that went into releasing Ki Pro."

Ki Pro Global Road Show
A global road show in support of the Ki Pro launch will kick off on May 28, 2009, hitting 23 cities across Asia-Pacific, Europe and North and South America.

For more information about the road show, please visit www.aja.com/kiprotour.

About Ki Pro
Ki Pro provides a new way of connecting production and post with its extensive analog and digital connectivity, taking the workflow directly from lens to post; virtually any video and audio source can be fed into Ki Pro to record pristine 10-bit Apple ProRes 422 media that is then immediately available to edit within Apple's Final Cut Studio.

Ki Pro will allow users to record hours of Apple ProRes 422 media to removable storage modules with either spinning disk or SSD media with built-in FireWire 800, or to 34mm ExpressCard Flash-based media, for immediate editing and file access. The unit can connect to any digital camera via SDI or HDMI, or any analog camera with multiple input options.

Ki Pro is priced at $3,995 and will ship in June of 2009.