Matrox Shipping Axio Realtime HD Editor
July 16, 2005
Montreal, Canada - Video Products Group announced that the Matrox Axio™ family of realtime HD ($11,495) and SD ($7,495) 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 says the Axio makes Adobe® Premiere® Pro the foremost realtime HD and SD editor for demanding broadcast and post-production environments. The company says 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 what the company calls "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 optimized 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 - 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 reports that the Axio HD is ideal for facilities doing HD post-production, and those doing a mix of HD and SD projects, as well as those just getting into HD. The company says that users get ultra high performance editing in all formats and:
•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 says the Axio SD is perfect for facilities currently doing SD post-production that want a future-proof solution. They say that 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.
The manufacturer lists the following features:
•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 color correction with shot-to-shot color 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, analog 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 authorized 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.
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; the workstation and storage are extra. Matrox says that they 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 visit
www.openhd.org
An exclusive discount program is available to current Matrox DigiSuite owners, offering a savings of $1,500 on Matrox Axio SD and $2,500 Matrox Axio HD. Details of this program can be found on the Matrox website.
For more information visit:
Matrox Video
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