{"id":146,"date":"2008-05-01T19:07:58","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T02:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdhead.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2008-05-01T19:07:58","modified_gmt":"2008-05-02T02:07:58","slug":"matrox-rtx2-le","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhead.com\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"Matrox RT.X2 LE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Montreal<\/strong><strong>, Canada &#8211; April  14, 2008<\/strong> &#8211; Matrox\u00ae  Video Products Group today announced that the new Matrox RT.X2 LE realtime HD  and SD editing platform is now available through a worldwide network of  authorized dealers. Priced at $1,095 US in North  America (?649, \u20ac895), Matrox RT.X2 LE is a \u00be-length PCIe card with a  professional breakout box. It is designed to work with Adobe\u00ae Premiere\u00ae Pro CS3  or Adobe Creative Suite\u00ae 3 Production Premium.&#8221;The demand for HD video production  is set to skyrocket now that HD televisions are in widespread use and Blu-ray  has won the battle of the distribution formats. There has never been a better  time for corporate communicators, event  videographers, project studios, educational facilities, digital filmmakers, and  video enthusiasts to get into HD,&#8221; said Alberto  Cieri, Matrox sales and marketing director.\u00a0 &#8220;HDV and P2 cameras are affordable and the new Matrox  RT.X2 LE card dramatically reduces the cost of a high-performance HD editing  system.\u00a0 Not only is the price of  the card itself lower than ever, it also fits into a low cost desktop system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The new Matrox RT.X2 LE card for  Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and Adobe Production Premium CS3 delivers substantial  benefits for customers,&#8221; said Hart  Shafer, senior product manager at Adobe. &#8220;RT.X2 hardware  combined with our software gives customers accelerated editing of full-quality,  full-frame-rate video, export to DVD,  Blu-ray, QuickTime, Adobe Flash and other media formats, and extra productivity  with WYSIWYG graphics and realtime downscaling of HD projects for SD  delivery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Matrox RT.X2 product line will  be demonstrated at NAB 2008 in booth SL320.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Key features of Matrox RT.X2  LE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matrox  RT.X2 LE extends the capabilities of the Adobe CS3 software with many important  benefits.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Realtime, mixed-format,    multi-layer workflows that combine HD and SD material from analog and digital    sources<\/li>\n<li>Realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects &#8211;    color correction, speed changes, chroma\/luma keying and many more<\/li>\n<li>Realtime and accelerated Matrox    Flex GPU effects &#8211; 2D\/3D DVE, blur\/glow\/soft focus, shine and many more<\/li>\n<li>Extensive camera support including    many new models from Canon, JVC, Panasonic, and Sony<\/li>\n<li>Native HDV 1080i, HDV 1080p, HDV    720p (JVC ProHD), Panasonic P2 MXF 720p, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD editing<\/li>\n<li>Native DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO,    Panasonic P2 MXF SD, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame SD    editing<\/li>\n<li>Realtime playback of 32-bit MPEG-2    I-frame AVI files with alpha in HD and SD<\/li>\n<li>Realtime mixed-format multi-cam<\/li>\n<li>Realtime high-quality downscaling    for analog SD output from an HD timeline<\/li>\n<li>Accelerated export to Blu-ray,    DVD, multimedia formats including Flash Video, and Adobe Clip Notes<\/li>\n<li>WYSIWYG for Adobe After Effects,    Bridge, and Photoshop, Autodesk Combustion and 3ds Max, eyeon Fusion, NewTek    LightWave 3D, and Windows Media Player with dynamic Alt+Tab switching<\/li>\n<li>Composite, Y\/C, HD\/SD analog    component input and output<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h3>About  Matrox<\/h3>\n<p>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.\u00a0  Matrox&#8217;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.\u00a0 Founded in 1976, Matrox  is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada.\u00a0 For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matrox.com\/video\" target=\"_blank\">www.matrox.com\/video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>####<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <strong>Print resolution artwork can be  downloaded at www.matrox.com\/video\/press\/artwork\/home.cfm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matrox is a registered trademark and  Matrox RT.X2 is a trademark of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. Adobe, Adobe  Premiere, and Creative Suite are either trademarks or registered trademarks of  Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and\/or other  countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal, Canada &#8211; April 14, 2008 &#8211; Matrox\u00ae Video Products Group today announced that the new Matrox RT.X2 LE realtime HD and SD editing platform is now available through a worldwide network of authorized dealers. 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