Sound & Video Creations Selects Matrox DSX Developer Platform for Click Effects Showcase and Click Effects ProAV Products
Montreal, Canada, April 20, 2006 - Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Sound & Video Creations, Inc. has chosen the Matrox DSX LE and X.mio cards, part of the Matrox DSX family of developer products, to provide video and audio I/O for its Click Effects Showcase and Click Effects ProAV products. For use in sports video and broadcast control rooms, corporate theatres and special event facilities, the Sound & Video Creations products are easy-to-use interactive presentation systems designed to consolidate multiple pieces of video machinery such as DVR decks, still stores, CGs, digital audio players, and machine control devices."The Matrox products give us an unprecedented feature set without the bottlenecks of other video cards," said Cliff Wight, Sound & Video Creations, Inc., VP research and development. "They can take advantage of advances in processor and storage technology, allowing our product line to grow without the fear of having to change video card platforms in the near future."
About Matrox DSX
Matrox DSX is a family of HD and SD video and audio components designed to allow OEMs and developers to create a wide variety of cost-effective products and applications including NLE systems, capture/playout servers, character generators, clip and still stores, graphics/production servers, automation and master control units, multi-layer compositors, and CATV barker channels. Matrox DSX combines codec and effects technologies and a full range of professional hardware components with a comprehensive Windows XP-based SDK.
Key features of the Matrox DSX platforms
| • | Modular 10-bit architecture gives developers the flexibility to meet technical and price targets |
| • | Full range of HD and SD audio and video I/Os |
| • | Simultaneous input and output of different video standards in HD and SD |
| • | Multi-format SD codec support in software - DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, D10 (in an MXF file wrapper), MPEG-2, 8 and 10-bit uncompressed |
| • | Multi-format HD codec support in software - HDV, DVCPRO HD, MPEG-2 at online and offline bit rates, 8- and 10-bit uncompressed |
| • | MPEG-2 4:2:2:4 YUVA I-frame codec in HD and SD |
| • | Exploits CPU power to perform software effects on multiple streams in real time |
| • | On-board 8- and 10-bit compositor/keyer |
| • | On-board 8- and 10-bit scaler for YUV 4:2:2 and YUVA 4:2:2:4 |
| • | Professional realtime effects including sub-pixel 2D DVE, color correction, chroma/luma keying, graphics overlay, smooth speed changes |
| • | GPU co-processor for realtime 3D effects |
| • | Key input and output support |
| • | Multiple board support in a single chassis |
| • | SDK based on the mature DigiSuite platform which has been used on-air by broadcasters worldwide for more than 8 years |
| • | Application development support by a team of dedicated, experienced engineers |
About Sound & Video Creations, Inc.
Click Effects ProAV and Click Effects Showcase from Sound & Video Creations, Inc., are the #1 selling video/audio game and special event entertainment systems in use today. They have been chosen by over two-thirds of professional baseball teams and over 800 venues and facilities in the USA, Canada, Central America, and Europe. Users include the Athens Olympic Committee, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Big Screen Networks, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Meadowlands Sports Complex, the Staples Center, and many others. Click Effects ProAV and Showcase offer an unprecedented feature set for graphic effects creation, editing, and delivery of spontaneous video/audio presentations at sporting and special events. Cost effective and versatile, Click Effects ProAV and Showcase systems make it easy to interact with, inform, and entertain audiences at a level never before possible.
About Matrox
Matrox Video Products Group is a technology and market leader in the field of HD and SD digital video hardware and software for realtime editing, DVD authoring, capture/playout servers, clip/still stores, and CGs. Matrox's Emmy award-winning technology powers a full range of content creation and delivery platforms used by broadcasters, post-production facilities, project studios, corporate communicators, and videographers worldwide. Founded in 1976, Matrox is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada. For more information visit www.matrox.com/video.
Matrox and DigiSuite are registered trademarks and Matrox DSX is a trademark of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.
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