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Matrox Axio Realtime Multi-Stream SD and HD Editing Platforms Now Shipping (14/7/2005)

Matrox Video Products Group today announced that the Matrox Axio family of realtime HD and SD editing platforms is now shipping worldwide. Matrox Axio is designed to give users the highest finishing quality, coupled with the most comprehensive realtime feature set, at an affordable price point.

Matrox Axio makes Adobe Premiere Pro the foremost realtime HD and SD editor for demanding broadcast and post-production environments. It features no-render HD and SD finishing in compressed and uncompressed formats, superior colour correction tools, advanced realtime effects, and a full range of analogue and digital audio and video inputs and outputs. It incorporates Matrox Flex 3D and Power of X technologies to leverage scalable CPU power with the explosive performance of dedicated 3D graphics hardware to provide the ultimate SD and HD editing experience.

"Matrox Axio, in combination with the Adobe Video Collection, delivers a high performance HD editing solution optimised to meet the needs of video, film, and broadcast professionals," said Steve Saylor, vice president of Digital Video and Audio products at Adobe. The combination of Axio and Premiere Pro allows users to edit HD as if it were SD Ð- in real time with astonishing flexibility."

"With more than 300 units already out the door and new orders coming in every day, it's clear that we have a phenomenal success on our hands with Matrox Axio," said Lorne Trottier, president of Matrox. "The combined strength of the Matrox Axio hardware and the Adobe software provides the industry with a powerful HD/SD editing system at the right price point. The unprecedented realtime performance and smooth workflow are already changing the way the industry approaches HD editing."

Key features of Matrox Axio HD

Matrox Axio HD is ideal for facilities doing HD post-production, those doing a mix of HD and SD projects, as well as those just getting into HD. Users get ultra high performance editing in all formats.

- Guaranteed full quality, full frame rate, full resolution playback at up to 1080i at 29.97 fps - At least two layers of uncompressed 10-bit HD video plus two layers of graphics in real time, with effects - At least 4 layers of uncompressed 10-bit SD video plus 6 layers of graphics in real time, with effects - Realtime primary and secondary colour correction with shot-to-shot colour matching - Realtime 3D DVEs, chroma/luma keying, speed changes, blur/glow/soft focus, and much more - Uncompressed 8- or 10-bit HD and SD editing - Compressed HD editing (offline and online finishing-quality MPEG-2 I-frame) - DV, DVCPRO, DV50, and MPEG-2 I-frame SD editing - 24-fps editing in HD and SD with pull down and reverse pull down - DV-1394, SD SDI, and HD SDI input and output - RGB and YPbPr analogue component output - 4-in/8-out AES/EBU balanced audio, 8-in/8-out SDI embedded audio

Key features of Matrox Axio SD

Matrox Axio SD is perfect for facilities currently doing SD post-production that want a future-proof solution. Users get ultra high performance SD editing with a full range of analogue and digital inputs and outputs to meet their needs today, and the opportunity to upgrade to Matrox Axio HD at any time, simply by adding the HD breakout box.

- Guaranteed full quality, full frame rate, full resolution playback - At least 4 layers of uncompressed 10-bit SD video plus 6 layers of graphics in real time, with effects - Realtime primary and secondary colour correction with shot-to-shot colour matching - Realtime 3D DVEs, chroma/luma keying, speed changes, blur/glow/soft focus, and much more - DV, DVCPRO, DV50, MPEG-2 I-frame, and uncompressed 8- or 10-bit SD editing - 24 fps editing with pull down and reverse pull down - DV-1394, composite, Y/C, analogue component, and SDI video input and output - 2-in/2-out RCA and XLR audio, 8-in/8-out SDI embedded audio - Upgradeable to Matrox Axio HD by simply adding the HD breakout box

Price and availability

Matrox Axio is now available worldwide through a network of authorised dealers. The software and hardware components are integrated by the dealer into an approved workstation-class PCI-X computer, coupled with a robust storage subsystem, and delivered as a turnkey system. Dealers also provide on-site installation and training services.

Prices for Matrox Axio HD systems start at under GBP 10,000. Prices for Matrox Axio SD systems start at under GBP 7,500. Prices include the complete Adobe Video Collection Standard and a workstation. Storage is extra. Matrox and Adobe are working closely to certify Matrox Axio with Adobe Premiere Pro as part of an OpenHD certified turnkey solution. For up-to-date information on the availability of this certified solution, please visit www.openhd.org.

An exclusive discount program is available to current Matrox DigiSuite owners, offering a savings of GBP 1,000 on Matrox Axio SD and GBP 1,400 on Matrox Axio HD.

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