Matrox Video Product Group Announced Matrox MXO2. Designed to economize the editing workflow with Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Production Premium for MacBook Pros and Mac Pros, the Matrox MXO2 provides inputs/outputs quality broadcasting, monitoring, and conversion cross, up and trans.
Users can benefit from the flows of file-based work with native XDCAM support, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, and P2. Additionally, they are not limited to employing a single encoder with some others I/O devices on the market.
Matrox is leading the way in mobile publishing about the Mac, said Alberto Cieri, commercial director and Matrox marketing. Broadcasters tell us that have need to upload the video from laptops on the site and MXO2 is the answer to your need. It is light, it fits in the laptop case and run for hours on site with a battery. It is also the complete I/O solution for post-production facilities, at an incredibly economical price.
The most outstanding features of the MXO2 are:
- True portability fits into the briefcase of the laptop, runs with an outdoor battery (or with its AC adapter).
- Inputs and outputs HD/SD SDI, HD/SD analog component, Y/C, and composites.
- Genlock black burst analog SD (dual level) or triple-level HD synchronism.
- HDMI input, output and monitoring with calibration including pure blue.
- Real-time and 10-bit up/down/trans conversion through hardware.
- Up to six user-selectable video outputs simultaneously HD and/or SD over HDMI, SDI, and analog.
- Professional audio outputs and inputs with monitoring of 5.1 surround sound.
- Machine control via RS-422 for capturing box accuracy and tape printing.
- Capture to a variety of Apple encoders ProRes 422 HQ, uncompressed 10-bit HD and many more.
- File-based workflow support XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, P2.
- Work with Final Cut Pro, Apple Color, Adobe Premiere Pro and all QuickTime applications that support V-out component.
- For use with MacBook Pros and Mac Pros based on Intel.
