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MillimeterMatrox ships over 1,000 MXO units in first 60 days
Sep 7, 2006 4:57 PM
Matrox Video Products Group announced that over 1,000 Matrox MXO units have been shipped to users worldwide in the first 60 days of production. An easy-to-use DVI-to-audio/video output adapter for the Mac, Matrox MXO takes the DVI output from a Mac computer or laptop and converts it to broadcast-quality video.
Users can preview Apple Final Cut Pro projects or the output of other QuickTime-based applications such as Apple Soundtrack Pro and Motion, as well as Adobe After Effects, as they will actually appear on TV and record them frame-accurately to tape. Matrox MXO can also be used to provide a flicker-free video output of the computer desktop with any application, allowing the user to record and display Keynote and PowerPoint presentations, web browser sessions, and software application training. Matrox MXO will be demonstrated at IBC 2006 on the Matrox stand 7.128.
“It’s obvious that Matrox MXO, with its patent-pending technology, provides important workflow enhancements for video production professionals on the Mac platform,” said Alberto Cieri, Matrox sales and marketing director. "Broadcasters, post facilities, and project studios across the globe have discovered the benefits inherent in this cost-effective external box that’s so easy to use."
"One of the greatest things about the MXO is its portability. It has all external connections so we can plug it into whichever system we need it for. We can even take it on the road with our MacBook Pro and get realtime HD monitoring,” said Greg Mulvey, creative director at Presto Productions. "Another important feature is the realtime HDV-to-SD conversion. That's already saved me literally days in rendering time."
Steve Oakley, digital illusionist, DP, motion graphics designer and editor at Practical Illusions, says of the MXO: “I use it on my G5's second DVI port for realtime SD downconverts of my HDV edits in FCP. Everything I shoot now is HD, which I bring in via FireWire and then output to SD analog component Beta SP. I've also been using it to drive an LCD display with the pass-thru DVI connector to see both HD on my LCD and SD on my broadcast CRT at the same time, so I know what it looks like in both formats. The MXO can letterbox or center-cut HD to 4:3 on its downconverts with a single setting change, in realtime, so I can see how each format works, which is great with clients sitting in the room.”
Key features of Matrox MXO:
· DVI to broadcast-quality video conversion in HD and SD
· Portable, hot-swappable external box
· Genlockable HD/SD SDI, HD/SD analog component, Y/C, and composite outputs
· Up to 8 channels SDI embedded audio output with stereo audio monitoring
· Workflow enhancements for Final Cut Pro and other QuickTime-based applications
· Conversion of DVI preview output to frame accurate video for insert editing and print-to-tape with guaranteed audio/video sync
· Interlacing artifact elimination and gamma correction when previewing video on a secondary DVI display
· Hardware accelerated output of DVCPRO HD, HDV, and Final Cut Pro Dynamic RT segments
· Realtime downscaling of an HD project to SD resolution with proper color space conversions
· Flicker-free, broadcast-quality video output of the computer desktop with any application
Priced at $995 US in North America, Matrox MXO is now available through a worldwide network of authorized dealers.
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