AJA, Kiloview, NETGEAR and Turtle AV have expanded their portfolios with a series of new product launches unveiled at InfoComm 2026.
Here's a quick look at the latest solutions for broadcast, IP video, collaboration and Dante audio workflows.
AJA - Io Expand
Launched at InfoComm 2026, the AJA Io Xpand is a Thunderbolt 5 expansion solution that enables users to connect a full-height, half-length PCIe card to Mac, Windows, or Linux computers with Thunderbolt or USB4 ports designed for creative, broadcast, audio, and post-production workflows.
Simple to set up and use, the Io Xpand’s Thunderbolt 5 ports (also compatible with Thunderbolt 3 and 4) easily connect to a wide range of Apple, Windows, and Linux laptops and desktops, providing professional video and audio output from your favourite creative application.
Dual Thunderbolt 5 ports allow convenient daisy-chaining for workflow expansion.
Thunderbolt is widely available across both Mac, Windows, and Linux computers and supports the massive bandwidth needed for professional video, audio, data and more. Modern laptops and small-form-factor systems deliver impressive processing power but often lack the PCIe expansion required for professional I/O, networking, storage and media workflows. Io Xpand solves this by offering a x8 PCIe* 4.0 slot (*x4 electrical support), support for single- or double-width cards, and up to 6000 MB/s bi-directional PCIe bandwidth.
Key Features
- Up to 6000 MB/s of bi-directional Thunderbolt 5 performance to the installed PCIe card
- Supports KONA and Corvid PCIe cards*
- Supports full height, ½ length, x4 Gen 4 PCIe cards
- Supports double-width PCIe cards and PCIe cards with daughter cards
- 6 pin auxiliary power connector and cable for cards requiring additional power
- Compatible with PCIe 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, and 1.1 cards
- Nearly silent operation via temperature-controlled fan
- Thunderbolt 5, 4, 3 and USB4 compatible
- Includes Thunderbolt 5 cable and securing bracket
- Thunderbolt daisy-chain via second Thunderbolt port
- Lightweight and rugged aluminium enclosure
- Windows, macOS, and Linux compatible
- Two-year warranty
*Corvid products are designed for developers, so some Desktop software features may not be available.
NETGEAR Align Controller
For a decade, NETGEAR has been the switching backbone that AV-over-IP runs on, now for the first time they are building the layer above it, turning AV infrastructure into an open, cloud-managed application platform. Meet the NETGEAR Align Controller, the first platform purpose-built for what AV networks actually need above the switch layer.
Built for AV
The Align Controller runs NETGEAR Engage and the NETGEAR AV OS, software engineered from the ground up for how AV traffic behaves on a network. Supporting remote access, it’s backed by a partner ecosystem of over 600 manufacturers, with real interoperability testing behind every profile, so when an integrator specifies a deployment, they can be confident everything works together before they touch it on-site. Deployments that once took hours are now plug-and-play. Management that used to require an engineer on site is now remote, from anywhere in the world.
The NETGEAR Align Controller is the first dedicated appliance to host NETGEAR Engage, NETGEAR’s AV network management platform for designing, configuring and managing AV-over-IP deployments. But it goes further than management. Precision timing and core network services, functions that have always required separate devices, are built right in. The Align Controller runs as a grandmaster clock and supports PTPv2, SMPTE ST 2110, gPTP AVB, and AES67. NTP, DNS, DHCP, and Syslog services are also built in. One device instead of four.
For integrators, the impact is immediate: less time configuring infrastructure, more time focused on the deployment itself. For end users, it means a more stable, resilient network from day one.
Turtle AV
No less than 17 new Turtles were launched at Infocomm 2026! Designed to extend and complement the existing range the new product portfolio includes the world's first Dante AV-A multiviewer and Turtle's Boardroom Buddies - destined to become one of their most popular products offering 4K60 4:4:4 and 100W charging over 40 metres. Here's a quick summary of our favourite new Turtles!
Chazy 4K Multiview – World’s First Dante AV-A Multiviewer
Instantly combine four streams into a single 4K view
- Revolutionary combo port - DisplayPort and HDMI in a single connector
- Simultaneous local output via combo HDMI/DP port and and network output as a Dante AV-A stream
- Drag, scale, tile, or recall layouts in seconds
Boardroom Buddies
The Holy Grail of Extenders
4K60 4:4:4. / USB 3.2 Gen 1 at 2.5Gbps / 100W Charging / One CAT Cable.
40 metres / 130 feet
EDID Management
Mineola MICro
Small Box. Big Mic Energy.
- 48V Phantom Power and Mic Preamps
- XLR and TRS Combo Jack
- Locking etherCON connector
- PoE and USB-C power
Dante XLR wall plates
Dual XLR In. Dual XLR Out.
Input only features 48V Phantom Power / Mic Preamps
All models:
- DSP with 8 band parametric EQ and filters
- WebUI with networked API
- Dante audio sampling rate up to 96kHz@24bit
- Configurable Dante latency with support for 2, 3, 5 or 10 milliseconds
Bring IP Video into Every Meeting with the Kiloview U4
Kiloview launched the U4 IP Video Dock at InfoComm 2026, a compact IP video decoder and output dock that brings professional IP video into UC meetings, room displays, and local monitoring. With one dedicated hardware dock, U4 reduces software-based workflows and extra conversion devices, making IP video easier to deploy across meeting rooms, classrooms, auditoriums, studios and beyond.
U4 supports NDI High Bandwidth, NDI HX3/HX2, SRT, RTSP, RTMP, UDP, RTP, HLS, and more, making it easy to bring IP cameras, NDI devices, switchers, and media servers into one compact hardware workflow.
U4 converts IP video into USB UVC/UAC enabling plug-and-play use with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet and OBS, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs support up to 4K60.
Through standard USB 3.0 UVC/UAC output, U4 is recognised as a USB camera and audio device by laptops. It works with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, OBS and more, no drivers, software or virtual camera required.
