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Matrox MXO2 LE Awards and Reviews

Matrox MXO2 LE MAX Signal Converter

By: Geoff Poster
tvtechnology.com
October 2012

The Matrox MXO2 LE MAX is an advanced breakout box that connects to a PC or Mac desktop or laptop, and provides real-time conversion of most existing video and audio formats. It also offers HDMI monitoring and highly accelerated H.264 encoding. The Matrox MXO2 LE MAX is one of a family of similar I/O devices that vary in size, range of inputs and outputs, connectivity, and price.

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Matrox – MXO2 LE MAX Video Accelerator

By: Jim Kumorak
churchproduction.com
May 2012

In the world of video editing, there's simply no such thing as a fast-enough computer. Especially when dealing with HD footage, you can always use more processing cores, more memory, faster CPUs, faster disks—virtually every aspect of your computer puts limits on how efficiently you can edit video. Matrox, a manufacturer of video processing devices for many years now, has added the MXO2 video interface to its product offerings. Coming in a variety of configurations, the MXO2 provides video and audio I/O capability and high-performance video processing software designed to accelerate editing tasks.

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Matrox, Thunderbolt, Broadcast Monitoring with FCP X

By Heath McKnight
digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com
February 27, 2012

Matrox recently released their Thunderbolt adapter, which can be purchased at their site, or added to your order of one of their devices, like the MXO2 boxes. This is a significant little box, because you can use a MXO2 device with a Mac that doesn't have a PCI Express card slot or ExpressCard/34 slot by connecting the adapter to your Mac and the MXO2 box. I'll also talk briefly about Matrox's new software update allowing their devices to offer broadcast monitoring with the latest update of Final Cut Pro X.

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Connected Life CES 2012: Matrox MXO2 (Behind The Scenes)

Bradley Shende
February 24, 2012
connectedlifetv.com

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the machine that powered the Connected Life crazy cart at CES 2012.

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Gear Review Blog

By: David Hurd
dhpvideo.com

Since TV broadcast is in the process of being replaced by the web, I find myself encoding in H.264 a lot more frequently. The downside is that Apple Compressor is just too slow. The good news is that Matrox has a product that seriously cuts down your rendering time. And I mean seriously.

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DV Magazine honors Matrox Thunderbolt Adapters for MXO2 Devices with 2011 NAB Best of Show BLACK DIAMOND AWARD - April 2011


The DV Black Diamond Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the advancement of the art and science of video technology. NewBay Media's Broadcast & Video Group of products, which also includes DV.com, Digital Video Expo, Videography magazine, videography.com, DigitalContentProducer.com, Millimeter.com, and the Creative Planet Communities, is uniquely poised to recognize the full spectrum video technology displayed at NAB. A select panel of engineers, editors, and production and post professionals joined the magazine staff to judge the Best of Show awards for DV.

"Our teams searched the NAB show floor for products that were truly deserving of recognition," says NewBay Media Broadcast & Video Group Vice President & Group Publisher Eric Trabb. "Recognition with an award at NAB from the Broadcast & Video Group is a strong vote of confidence and admiration from this leading industry publication."


Videography Magazine honors Matrox MXO2 Support for Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder with 2011 NAB Best of Show VIDY AWARD - April 2011


The Best of Show Vidy Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the advancement of the art and science of video technology. NewBay Media's Broadcast & Video Group of products, which also includes videography.com, DV magazine, Digital Video Expo, DigitalContentProducer.com, Millimeter.com, and the Creative Planet Communities, is uniquely poised to recognize the full spectrum video technology displayed at NAB. A select panel of engineers, editors, and production and post professionals joined the magazine staff to judge the Best of Show Vidy Awards for Videography. "Our teams searched the NAB show floor for products that were truly deserving of recognition," says NewBay Media Broadcast & Video Group Vice President & Group Publisher Eric Trabb. "Recognition with an award at NAB from the Broadcast & Video Group is a strong vote of confidence and admiration from this leading industry publication."


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If you are looking for the best, most cost effective way to get SDI and analog video (both HD and SD) into your Final Cut or Adobe CS4 editing suite, the MXO2 LE is just the product you've been looking for!