NAB 2025 Booth Review
AJA announced three main new products at this year’s edition of NAB 2025. Let’s review the various announcements in this article.
AJA at NAB 2025 Announcements:
BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8
The first announcement that AJA made at NAB 2025 is the “BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8.” This is an addition to the streaming and IP video solution product line. Previously, there was the “BRIDGE NDI 3G,” which supported up to four inputs, but this product has been newly developed as a model that supports eight inputs. It is capable of receiving via the NDI and SRT protocols, and supports a variety of codecs, including H.265, H.264, MPEG-4, and MPEG-2.
The biggest feature is that all eight inputs can be output in a synchronized state via GENLOCK.
DANTE Embedder/Disembedder
The second is the 12G-SDI Dante audio embedder/disembedder, “DANTE-12GAM.” This product functions as a Dante audio embedder or deembedder. It can extract audio signals from SDI input and convert them to Dante format, or embed Dante audio signals into SDI inputs for output. It is equipped with an SFP port, which can be used to connect to a fiber channel network or as an expansion port to add two more BNC ports.
KUMO 6464-12G
The third unveiling was the new 12G-SDI router “KUMO 6464-12G.” The KUMO series is a product group that AJA has been developing for some time, and this product is the top model in the series. It features the most ports in the series and is compatible with 12G-SDI.
Although attempts had been made to develop this product in the past, release was shelved due to the discovery of a bug. This time, the SDI router has been redesigned and is now being released.
The multi-port SDI switching capability allows customers to switch between two or four sources simultaneously in formats such as Quad Link, Dual Link, 4K/UltraHD and 8K/UltraHD2.
Operation is performed through a web browser-based user interface. Unlike typical routers, it is extremely thin and extremely quiet. Its greatest feature is that it is suitable for use in a production environment.
