Matrox Axio Wins "STAR" Award From Editors of TV Technology
NAB 2005, Las Vegas, April 21, 2005 - Matrox Axio is a 2005 STAR (Superior Technology Award Recipient) chosen by the editorial staffof TV Technology magazine.
The STAR Award is designed to celebrate and showcase the preeminent technological innovations available to the broadcast industry. A panel of judges consisting of TV Technology editors and columnists reviewed a variety of products, examined the technical applications and their overall contribution to the industry, and then submitted their award nominees.
"Our panel of editors and columnists walked the show floor in search of innovative and ground-breaking new products," said Tom Butts, Editor of TV Technology. "The products we selected made the cut - they demonstrated their ability to help advance the acquisition and dissemination of audio and video in the professional video marketplace."
About Matrox Axio
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 color correction tools, advanced realtime effects, and a full range of analog 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.
The Matrox Axio family builds on solid expertise gained over several generations of Matrox DigiSuite and RT Series products. Well over 200,000 users worldwide currently enjoy the amazing value, stable reliability, and superior productivity of Matrox-based realtime nonlinear editing systems.
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 color correction with shot-to-shot color 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 analog 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 analog 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.
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Price and availability Matrox Axio HD is priced at $11,495 US in North America. Matrox Axio SD is priced at $7,495 US in North America. Prices include the complete Adobe Video Collection Standard. An exclusive discount program is available to current Matrox DigiSuite owners, offering a savings of $1,500 on Matrox Axio SD and $2,500 on Matrox Axio HD. Details of this program can be found on the Matrox website. The Matrox Axio software and hardware components are integrated into an approved workstation-class PCI-X computer, coupled with a robust storage subsystem, and sold through a network of Matrox authorized dealers. These dealers also provide installation and training services to customers worldwide. First customer shipments of Matrox Axio are scheduled for June 2005. About TV Technology TV Technology is the industry's leading magazine for technology news and reviews and is celebrating its 22nd year covering the television industry. The magazine is published by IMAS Publishing, the world's largest publisher of audio and video publications. Other IMAS products include Radio World, Pro Audio Review and a family of country-specific publications and Web sites. About Matrox Matrox Video Products Group is a technology and market leader in the field of digital video hardware and software for realtime editing, DVD authoring, and web streaming applications. Matrox's Emmy award-winning technology powers a full range of content creation and delivery platforms used by television broadcasters, post-production facilities, project studios, corporate communicators, event videographers, and video enthusiasts worldwide. Founded in 1976, Matrox is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and China. For more information visit www.matrox.com/video. Contact our Communications Team |