AJA Video Systems today announced that it is now shipping Io, an uncompressed audio/video FireWire capture device for Final Cut Pro 4. The high-end, 8 or 10-bit broadcast video device allows you to connect professional analog or digital audio/video to your Power Mac or PowerBook through a FireWire interface. Io supports component and composite analog video, SDI digital video, balanced analog audio, AES/EBU digital audio, optical audio, RS-422 machine control, and genlock. The device sports a sleek, silver box that was designed to complement Apple’s Xserve and Xserve RAID in a rack, or sit on a desktop. Io retails for US$2,290. On Saturday, June 14, Io will be shown at participating Apple Stores including SoHo in New York and The Grove in Los Angeles, during Apple’s 4@4 kick-off event to launch Final Cut Pro 4.