If you're a professional content creator delivering H.264 files for Blu-ray, the web, and mobile devices, you need a fast, flexible, high quality encoding workhorse. Matrox CompressHD is the first implementation of Matrox MAX technology in an amazingly affordable H.264 accelerator card. It lets you create H.264 files, for resolutions ranging from iPod to HD, faster than real time. It works in systems with or without a video I/O device and extends the life of your current system investment, giving you the power you need to deliver today's premium H.264 formats faster than ever. This low profile, half-length PCIe x1 card fits into Mac Pros, Intel-based Apple Xserve systems, and PCs. Get yourself a Matrox CompressHD card and deliver your projects in a fraction of the time.

Key Features:-

• Faster than realtime creation of H.264 files, for resolutions ranging from iPod to HD, at bitrates up to 50 Mbps using Matrox MAX technology
  
• Works in systems with or without a video I/O device to enhance your delivery workflow
  
• Extends the life of your current system investment, giving you the power you need to deliver today's premium H.264 formats faster than ever
  
• Low profile, half-length PCIe x1 card
  
• Works in systems with Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 or higher, Windows XP (32-bit), and Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit)
  
• Three-year hardware warranty and complimentary telephone support

Don't settle for an HDMI and analog I/O card with messy cables when you can get all the features and more in a professional breakout box with Matrox MXO2 Mini. This sleek little device for Mac and PC also gives you the added advantage of portability. You can take it with you wherever you go. Use it with a laptop or a desktop system and your favourite applications including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop, and many more. Capture and playback high definition video via HDMI and analog component; or NTSC and PAL via analog component, S-Video, and composite. Convert your standard definition videos to high definition, or vice versa, while capturing or playing out, using Matrox MXO2 Mini's high-quality dedicated hardware. Turn your HDMI screen into a professional-grade video monitor with Matrox's unique colour calibration tool. Easily edit AVCHD footage by capturing into an edit-friendly compressed or uncompressed format. Count on uncompromising Matrox quality and reliability in MXO2 Mini, backed by a three-year warranty.

Key Features:-

• Works with Mac and PC, laptops and desktops
  
• Small, lightweight, external box that's easily connected to your cameras and monitors
  
• Capture and playback high definition video via HDMI and analog component; or NTSC and PAL via analog component, S-Video, and composite
  
• Turns your HDMI screen into a professional-grade video monitor with colour calibration tools including blue-only
  
• High-quality 10-bit hardware scaling engine for realtime upscaling, downscaling, and cross conversion on capture and playback (See Specifications section for scaling features supported on Mac and PC)
  
• Stereo RCA and up to 8 channels of HDMI audio input and output
  
• 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound monitoring on the HDMI output
  
• Easily edit AVCHD footage by capturing into an edit-friendly compressed or uncompressed format
  
• Works with your favourite applications including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and many more
  
• Also available with Matrox MAX for faster than realtime H.264 encoding
  
• Three-year hardware warranty and complimentary telephone support

If you need the functionality of an I/O card and the convenience of a rackmountable breakout box, you’ll find it all in Matrox MXO2 Rack. This 2RU-sized device is built on the award-winning Matrox MXO2 technology. It’s designed for postproduction facilities, broadcast news operations, and OB vans where highly-reliable equipment, more audio inputs and outputs, and genlock loop through are required. Matrox MXO2 streamlines editing workflow with Apple Final Cut Studio on Mac Pros and MacBook Pros. It gives you broadcast-quality HD/SD input/output via HDMI, SDI, and analog; professional audio input/output including built-in 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound monitoring; and HDMI video monitoring with calibration controls including blue-only. You also benefit from a wide variety of workflows thanks to its 10-bit hardware up/down/cross scaling engine and support for a wealth of file-based formats and industry-standard codecs.

Key Features:-

• Works with Intel-based Mac Pros and MacBook Pros
  
• Rugged 2RU form factor
  
• HD/SD SDI, HD/SD analog component, Y/C, and composite inputs and outputs
• Genlock with loop through - SD analog black burst (bi-level) or HD tri-level sync
• HDMI input, output, and monitoring with calibration controls including blue-only
• 10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion on ingest and output
  
• Up to five user selectable simultaneous video outputs - HD and/or SD on HDMI, SDI, and analog
  
• Professional audio inputs and outputs including 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound monitoring:
  • 4-in, 8-out balanced XLR
    
  • 4-in, 4-out unbalanced AES/EBU
    
  • 8-in, 8-out SDI and HDMI embedded
• RS-422 machine control for frame-accurate capture and print-to-tape
  
• Captures to a variety of codecs - Apple ProRes 422 HQ, 10-bit uncompressed HD, and many more
  
• File-based workflow support – XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, P2, P2HD
  
• RED workflow support
  
• HD-SDI closed captioning support
  
• Works with Final Cut Pro, Apple Color, Adobe After Effects and all QuickTime applications that support the V-out component
  
• Also available with Matrox MAX for faster than realtime H.264 encoding
  
• Three-year hardware warranty and complimentary telephone support

Matrox RT.X2 SD is part of the RT.X2 family of editing platforms. It delivers powerful realtime SD editing performance at an unprecedented low price point.

Key Features:-

• Realtime multi-layer editing of video, graphics, and effects
  
• Realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects – colour correction, speed changes, chroma/luma keying and many more
  
• Realtime and accelerated Matrox Flex GPU effects – 2D/3D DVE, blur/glow/soft focus, shine and many more
  
• Realtime playback of 32-bit MPEG-2 I-frame AVI files with alpha in SD
  
• Realtime HDV clip downscaling in an SD timeline
  
• Realtime mixed-format multi-cam in an SD timeline
  
• Accelerated export to DVD, multimedia formats including Flash Video, and Adobe Clip Notes
  
• WYSIWYG for Adobe After Effects, Photoshop and Bridge, Autodesk Combustion and 3ds Max, eyeon Fusion, NewTek LightWave 3D, and Windows Media Player with dynamic Alt+Tab switching
  
• Composite, Y/C, and analog component SD input and output

Matrox Axio LE provides a complete post-production solution that lets you get the best from the Adobe CS4 Production Premium software. It is designed to give you the most comprehensive realtime feature set, the highest quality native codec technology, and complete file-based workflows – totally integrated with the Adobe software.

Key Features:-

• Makes Adobe Premiere Pro the foremost HD and SD editor for broadcast and post
  
• Full-resolution, mixed-format, multi-layer realtime editing of HD and SD video, graphics, and effects
  
• Realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects such as colour correction, speed changes, and chroma/luma keying
  
• Realtime and accelerated Matrox Flex GPU effects such as 2D/3D DVE, blur/glow/soft focus, and shine
  
• Realtime native editing of Panasonic P2 and P2 HD and Sony XDCAM, XDCAM HD, and XDCAM HD422 clips (MXF files)
  
• Realtime native editing of Sony XDCAM EX clips (MP4 files)
  Support for Omneon media servers via native MXF file transfers
  
• Extensive native codec support in HD and SD – uncompressed, MPEG-2 I-frame, DVCPRO HD, MPEG HD, MPEG HD422, HDV 1080i, HDV1080p, HDV 720p (JVC ProHD), IMX, DVCPRO50, DV, DVCPRO, DVCAM
  
• Realtime playback of 32-bit compressed and uncompressed AVI with alpha
  
• 24 fps editing in HD and SD with pull down, reverse pull down, and Panasonic VariCam support
  
• Realtime high-quality downscaling from HD to SD
  
• Realtime MPEG-2 IBP capture from analog, DV, and SDI sources for DVD authoring
  
• Accelerated export to Blu-ray, DVD, all multimedia formats including Flash Video, and Adobe Clip Notes
  
• WYSIWYG for Adobe After Effects, Bridge, and Photoshop, Autodesk Combustion and 3ds Max, eyeon Fusion, NewTek LightWave 3D, and Windows Media Player
  
• Native MXF and HDV AVI file support in Video for Windows applications such as Adobe After Effects via Matrox EZ-MXF and EZ-HDV utilities
  
• DV-1394, composite, Y/C, HD/SD analog component, and HD/SD SDI input and output
  
• Simultaneous HD and SD output
  
• 2-in/6-out AES/EBU audio, 2-in/6-out XLR audio, 8-in/6-out SDI embedded audio, 1/4” output jack for stereo monitoring

If you're a professional video editor concerned about getting maximum productivity from Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and Adobe CS4 Production Premium, have a look at the Matrox RT.X2 product line – the ideal solutions for corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities and digital filmmakers. If you’re delivering your work in SD, Matrox RT.X2 SD is right for you. If you need to edit HDV or P2 MXF 720p and output HD, choose Matrox RT.X2 LE or Matrox RT.X2. If you want to use a DVI display for full resolution HD previews, you’ll need RT.X2.

The Matrox RT.X2 platforms go far beyond the capabilities of software-only editing and systems that combine Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and a simple I/O card.

The additional benefits you get with Matrox RT.X2 include:

• Many more realtime layers of video and graphics
  
• More effects in real time including colour correction, chroma/luma keying, speed changes, blur/glow/soft focus, 3D DVE and much more
  
• Extensive camera support with Matrox RT.X2 and RT.X2 LE including many new models from Canon, JVC, Panasonic, and Sony
  
• Native editing of Panasonic P2 MXF 720p and SD files with Matrox RT.X2 and RT.X2 LE
  
• Capture from analog sources to compressed MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame
  
• Realtime playback of 32-bit MPEG-2 I-frame AVI files with alpha
  
• Realtime mixed-format multi-cam
  
• Accelerated export to DVD and all multimedia formats
  
• Composite, Y/C, and analog component input and output
  
• WYSIWYG video output for motion graphics, animation, and compositing applications
  
• Audio VU meters on capture
  
• Full-resolution HD monitoring on an inexpensive flat panel display via independent DVI output with Matrox RT.X2

Matrox is leading the way in mobile editing. The new Matrox MXO2 is the first truly portable device that gives you broadcast-quality input/output, monitoring, and up/down/cross conversion to streamline your workflow with Apple Final Cut Studio 2. It’s MacBook Pro and MacPro compatible, fits in your laptop bag, can run for hours off a field battery, and weighs under 3½ lbs. It lets you work seamlessly in any format you want. Enjoy new-found freedom with Matrox MXO2.

Key Features:-

• Works with Intel-based MacBook Pros and Mac Pros
  
• Lightweight – less than 3 ½ lbs. (1600 grams)
  
• Fits in your laptop bag – 13" x 9½" x 2" (330mm x 241mm x 51mm)
  
• Can run off a field battery (or its AC adapter)
  
• HD/SD SDI, HD/SD analog component, Y/C, and composite inputs and outputs
• Genlock – SD analog black burst (bi-level) or HD tri-level sync
  
• HDMI input, output, and monitoring with calibration controls including blue only
  
• 10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion
  
• Up to five user selectable simultaneous video outputs – HD and/or SD on HDMI, SDI, and analog
  
• Professional audio inputs and outputs with 5.1 surround sound monitoring
  
• RS-422 machine control for frame-accurate capture and print-to-tape
  
• Captures to a variety of codecs – Apple ProRes 422 HQ, 10-bit uncompressed HD, and many more
  
• Supports file-based workflows – XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, P2, P2HD
  
• Works with Final Cut Pro, Apple Colour, Adobe After Effects and all QuickTime applications that support the V-out component

If you're a professional video editor concerned about getting maximum productivity from Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and Adobe CS4 Production Premium, have a look at the Matrox RT.X2 product line – the ideal solutions for corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities and digital filmmakers. If you’re delivering your work in SD, Matrox RT.X2 SD is right for you. If you need to edit HDV or P2 MXF 720p and output HD, choose Matrox RT.X2 LE or Matrox RT.X2. If you want to use a DVI display for full resolution HD previews, you’ll need RT.X2.

The Matrox RT.X2 platforms go far beyond the capabilities of software-only editing and systems that combine Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and a simple I/O card.

The additional benefits you get with Matrox RT.X2 include:

• Many more realtime layers of video and graphics
  
• More effects in real time including colour correction, chroma/luma keying, speed changes, blur/glow/soft focus, 3D DVE and much more
  
• Extensive camera support with Matrox RT.X2 and RT.X2 LE including many new models from Canon, JVC, Panasonic, and Sony
  
• Native editing of Panasonic P2 MXF 720p and SD files with Matrox RT.X2 and RT.X2 LE
  
• Capture from analog sources to compressed MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame
  
• Realtime playback of 32-bit MPEG-2 I-frame AVI files with alpha
  
• Realtime mixed-format multi-cam
  
• Accelerated export to DVD and all multimedia formats
  
• Composite, Y/C, and analog component input and output
  
• WYSIWYG video output for motion graphics, animation, and compositing applications
  
• Audio VU meters on capture
  
• Full-resolution HD monitoring on an inexpensive flat panel display via independent DVI output with Matrox RT.X2

Matrox RT.X2 & Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Bundle
The RT.X2 & Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Bundle includes RT.X2 editing card, audio/video breakout box, RT.X2 documentation and installation DVD and Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Software.

Matrox RT.X2 LE & Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Bundle
The RT.X2 LE & Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Bundle includes RT.X2 LE editing card, audio / video breakout box, RT.X2 documentation and installation DVD, and Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 software.

Matrox RT.X2

If you're a professional video editor concerned about getting maximum productivity from Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and Adobe CS4 Production Premium, have a look at the Matrox RT.X2 product line – the ideal solutions for corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities and digital filmmakers. If you’re delivering your work in SD, Matrox RT.X2 SD is right for you. If you need to edit HDV, XDCAM EX, or P2 MXF 720p and output HD, choose Matrox RT.X2 LE or Matrox RT.X2. If you want to use a DVI display for full resolution HD previews, you’ll need RT.X2.

The Matrox RT.X2 platforms go far beyond the capabilities of software-only editing and systems that combine Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and a simple I/O card.

The additional benefits you get with Matrox RT.X2 include:

• Many more realtime layers of video and graphics
  
• More effects in real time including colour correction, chroma/luma keying, speed changes, blur/glow/soft focus, 3D DVE and much more
  
• Extensive camera support with Matrox RT.X2 and RT.X2 LE including many new models from Canon, JVC, Panasonic, and Sony
  
• Realtime native editing of Sony XDCAM EX .mp4 clips with RT.X2 and RT.X2 LE
  
• Realtime native editing of Panasonic P2 MXF 720p and SD files with Matrox RT.X2 and RT.X2 LE
  
• Realtime capture from analog sources to compressed MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame
  
• Realtime playback of 32-bit MPEG-2 I-frame AVI files with alpha
  
• Realtime mixed-format multi-cam
  
• Realtime MPEG-2 IBP capture from analog and DV sources for DVD authoring
  
• Composite, Y/C, and analog component input and output
  
• WYSIWYG video output for motion graphics, animation, and compositing applications
  
• Audio VU meters on capture
  
• Full-resolution HD monitoring with calibration control on an inexpensive flat panel display via independent DVI output with Matrox RT.X2

Matrox MXO is a versatile, all-in-one monitoring, output, and scan conversion device for the Mac that you’ll use in many different ways. Because it’s small and portable, it makes your laptop a mobile editor. And because it’s hot swappable, you can easily move it to any workstation in your facility.

Matrox MXO is ideal for:

• Inexpensive HD monitoring
  
• Frame-accurate, broadcast-quality HD/SD output
  
• Genlockable HD/SD scan conversion for flicker-free video output
  of your computer desktop

• Inexpensive HD and SD monitoring – now you can trust your Apple Cinema Display or other DVI monitor, even for colour grading
  
• Frame accurate, broadcast-quality audio/video output in HD and SD with guaranteed a/v sync
  
• Genlockable HD/SD SDI, HD/SD analog component, Y/C, and composite outputs with up to 8 channels SDI embedded audio output and stereo audio monitoring
  
• Realtime downscaling of HD projects to SD resolution with proper colour space and aspect ratio conversion for monitoring and output
  
• WYSIWYG video output from QuickTime-based applications
  
• Genlockable HD/SD scan conversion for flicker-free video output of your computer desktop with any application
  
• Portable, hot-swappable versatility

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