Matrox Announces New "Trade Up to Xtreme Pro" Program (8/7/2004)

Owners of selected Matrox, Pinnacle, and Canopus products can trade up to Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro and take advantage of the latest Adobe video applications for as little as £399 ex vat

Matrox Video Products Group today announced a new program whereby owners of qualifying products can trade up to Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro Suite or Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro Collection at a special price. Both bundles include the latest Adobe software. Owners of qualifying products who already own Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 can purchase Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro as a hardware-only trade-up bundle.

"Thousands of ex-Pinnacle and ex-Canopus users have already switched and are praising Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro for its amazing value," said Bernard Lamborelle, Matrox technical marketing director. "To make the trade-up process even simpler, we've made sure that Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro can read video files captured and created with other products."

Key features of the RT.X100 Xtreme Pro bundles

* Full-quality, full-resolution, no-compromise editing with Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 * Superior realtime 3D effects with advanced keyframe control
* Sought-after realtime filters and colour tools - pan & scan, colour match, old movie, soft focus, and more
* Realtime analogue and DV capture and print-to-tape
* Realtime MPEG-2 capture and encoding
* Professional audio mixing and editing with Adobe Audition 1.5
* WYSIWYG video output with Adobe Encore DVD 1.5 and Adobe After Effects 6.5

Qualifying products Purchasers must return their qualifying card to their RT.X100 Xtreme Pro reseller to be eligible for these special trade-up offers. The following cards qualify:

Matrox RT2000 PCI
Matrox RT2500
Matrox RT.X10
Pinnacle Pro-ONE
Pinnacle Pro-ONE RTDV
Pinnacle DV500
Pinnacle DV500 Plus
Pinnacle DV500 DVD
Pinnacle DC1000
Pinnacle DC1000DVD
Pinnacle DC2000
Canopus DVStorm
Canopus DVStorm2
Canopus DVRaptor RT
Canopus DVRaptor RT2
Fast DV

Price and availability

Three special trade-up bundles may be ordered from authorised resellers.

* The Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro Suite trade-up bundle, at £459 ex vat, includes the Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme hardware, Matrox X.tools software, the upgrade version of Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 and the full versions of Adobe Encore DVD 1.5 and Adobe Audition 1.5. Purchasers must already own Adobe Premiere 4.1 or higher, or Adobe Premiere Pro 1.0.
* The Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro Collection trade-up bundle, at £699 ex vat, includes the Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme hardware, Matrox X.tools software, the upgrade version of Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 and the full versions of Adobe Encore DVD 1.5, Adobe Audition 1.5, and Adobe After Effects Standard 6.5. Purchasers must already own Adobe Premiere 4.1 or higher, or Adobe Premiere Pro 1.0.
* The Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme Pro hardware trade-up bundle, at £399 ex vat, includes the Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme hardware and Matrox X.tools software only. Purchasers must obtain Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 and any other Adobe software through Adobe.

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