Matrox Video Products Group today
announced that the Matrox MXO 2.0 release will be demonstrated at NAB 2007
in booth SL2015.
"We listened to our customers and added important new functionality to MXO
that will truly eliminate the need for Final Cut Pro users to invest in
expensive HD monitors,” said Wayne Andrews, Matrox MXO product
manager. “DVI monitor calibration, super black and super white support,
one-to-one pixel mapping and the other features we’ve added in release 2.0
make Matrox MXO a must-have for video editors on the Mac. Apple Cinema
Displays or other DVI monitors can now be used reliably for monitoring
detailed editing work, even color grading.”
New features in the Matrox MXO 2.0 release include:
  • DVI monitor calibration ‘ hue, chroma, contrast, brightness, and blue-only adjustments
  • Super black and super white monitoring on the DVI display
  • Pixel-to-pixel mapping on the DVI display
  • “Virtual bezel” on the DVI display
  • New HD editing resolutions ‘ 1080p at 23.98, 25, and 29.97 fps; and 720p at 25 and 50 fps
  • New DVI output resolution ‘ 1024×768 at 59.94 fps
  • Region of interest output selection in Presentation Mode
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 support
  • “Leopard” support
Key features of Matrox MXO
  • Inexpensive HD monitoring
  • Frame-accurate, broadcast-quality HD/SD output
  • Realtime HD to SD downscaling
  • WYSIWYG video output from QuickTime-based applications
  • Flicker-free video output of computer desktop
  • Portable, hot-swappable versatility
Price and availability
Priced at $995 US in North America ( £619, €899), Matrox MXO is available
through a worldwide network of authorized dealers. Release 2.0 will
available to registered users as a free download from the Matrox website in
May 2007.