FREE HDMI Cable with any MXO2 Mini!

Don’t settle for an HDMI and analog I/O card with messy cables when you can get all the features and more in a professional breakout box with Matrox MXO2 Mini. This sleek little device for Mac and PC also gives you the added advantage of portability. You can take it with you wherever you go. Use it with a laptop or a desktop system and your favorite applications including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop, and many more. Capture and playback high definition video via HDMI and analog component; or NTSC and PAL via analog component, S-Video, and composite. Convert your standard definition videos to high definition, or vice versa, while capturing or playing out, using Matrox MXO2 Mini’s high-quality dedicated hardware. Turn your HDMI screen into a professional-grade video monitor with Matrox’s unique color calibration tool. Easily edit AVCHD footage by capturing into an edit-friendly compressed or uncompressed format. Count on uncompromising Matrox quality and reliability in MXO2 Mini, backed by a three-year warranty.

Affordable high definition HDMI and analog I/O for Mac and PC

Matrox MXO2 Mini is also available with Matrox MAX technology for faster than realtime high definition H.264 file creation.

Matrox MAX is a unique technology that implements faster than realtime H.264 encoding for resolutions ranging from iPod to HD. It uses a dedicated hardware processor to accelerate the creation of H.264 files for Blu-ray, the web, and mobile devices. By using specialized hardware acceleration, jobs are finished with amazing speed and system resources are liberated for other tasks. Quality and flexibility are ensured through direct integration with professional applications such as Apple Compressor on the Mac and Adobe Media Encoder on the PC. As an added benefit, the Matrox MAX technology allows direct export to higher-quality H.264 Blu-ray compliant files from Compressor.

Key features of Matrox MXO2 Mini Max

• Works with Mac and PC, laptops and desktops
• Small, lightweight, external box that's easily connected to cameras and monitors
• Capture and playback high definition video via HDMI and analog component; or NTSC and PAL via analog component, S-Video, and composite
• Turns an HDMI screen into a professional-grade video monitor with color calibration tools including blue-only
• High-quality 10-bit hardware scaling engine for realtime upscaling, downscaling, and cross conversion on capture and playback (See Specifications for scaling features supported on Mac and PC)
• Stereo RCA and up to 8 channels of HDMI audio input and output
• 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound monitoring on the HDMI output
• Easily edit AVCHD footage by capturing into an edit-friendly compressed or uncompressed format
• Works with leading applications including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and many more
• Also available with Matrox MAX for faster than realtime H.264 encoding
• Three-year hardware warranty and complimentary telephone support

Key features of Matrox MAX technology

• Faster than realtime creation of H.264 files, for resolutions ranging from iPod to HD, at bitrates up to 50 Mbps
• A specialized, dedicated hardware processor liberates system resources for other tasks
• Accelerated encoding for Blu-ray, PS3, Apple TV, YouTube, Flash, web formats, and mobile devices including iPhone, and iPod from various video sources including 2K files
• Direct integration with Apple Compressor to simplify workflow
• Creation of Blu-ray H.264 files that can be authored in Adobe Encore CS4 or Roxio Toast 10 and burned without re-encoding
• Support for Apple Qmaster to take advantage of multiple systems with a Matrox MAX processing engine for distributed encoding across a network

Inexpensive HDMI monitoring with 10-bit 4:2:2 color precision
This one feature is reason enough to buy Matrox MXO2 Mini. It turns your HDMI screen into a professional-grade video monitor with Matrox’s unique color calibration tool. Controls for hue, chroma, contrast, brightness, and blue-only are provided. You get accurate color representation so that you can use your HDMI monitor even for color grading. Matrox MXO2 Mini provides 1:1 pixel mapping on HDMI displays that support this feature so your video will not be stretched and distorted by the monitor. You get accurate monitoring on your
HDMI display in the following resolutions:
• 720 x 486 (NTSC)
• 720 x 576 (PAL)
• 1920 x 1080
• 1280 x 720

High quality 10-bit hardware scaling at an amazing price
There is no other device near this price point that lets you adapt to any delivery format your clients demand. Matrox MXO2 Mini’s dedicated 10-bit hardware scaling engine provides high-quality capture and playback in the formats you need, no mater what you started with.

• HD to SD downscaling – Matrox MXO2 Mini provides realtime HD to SD downscaling with proper conversion of the HD color space to the SD color space and proper aspect ratio conversion to anamorphic, letterbox, and center cut. You can monitor or record an SD master of your HD project in real time.
• SD to HD upscaling – Matrox MXO2 Mini provides realtime SD to HD upscaling with proper conversion of the SD color space to the HD color space. MXO2 will "pillarbox" 4:3 footage and scale 16:9 SD footage to fullscreen.
• Cross conversion – Matrox MXO2 Mini offers realtime cross conversions from 720 to 1080 and 1080 to 720.

Editing workflows for Mac
On the Mac, Matrox MXO2 Mini lets you capture from either the analog or
HDMI input to uncompressed video or to any of the compression formats
supported by Apple Final Cut Pro including ProRes. This means you can easily edit AVCHD material which is otherwise very difficult to work with.

Matrox MXO2 Mini works with Final Cut Pro, Apple Color, Adobe After Effects, and all QuickTime applications that support the V-out component.

Editing workflows for PC
On the PC, Matrox MXO2 Mini lets you capture to uncompressed or to the highly-efficient Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD/SD codec from either the analog or HDMI input. This means you can easily edit AVCHD material which is otherwise very difficult to work with.

As an added benefit, Matrox MXO2 Mini includes Matrox A/V Tools, an easy-touse application for fast capture and playback of your audio/video assets. This stand-alone application is ideal when all you need to do is quickly capture video for web streaming or DVD authoring. Matrox A/V Tools also lets you grab frames from your video and save them as TGA files.

Matrox MXO2 Mini works with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 on the PC and provides WYSIWYG support for popular applications such as Adobe Encore CS4, Photoshop CS4, and After Effects CS4; Autodesk 3ds Max and Combustion; and NewTek LightWave 3D (32-bit versions only).

Weight: 9.9 ounces (280 grams)
Dimensions: 6 1/2” x 4 5/16 x 1 1/2” (166mm x 110mm x 40mm)

Video inputs

• HDMI - HD - 10-bit
• Component - HD/SD - 10-bit
• Y/C (S-Video) - 10-bit
• Composite - 10-bit

Audio inputs

• 2 RCA - stereo pair (unbalanced)
• HDMI embedded - up to 8 channels
• 24-bit 48 kHz

Video outputs

• HDMI - HD/SD - 10-bit
• Component - HD/SD - 12-bit
• Y/C (S-Video) -12-bit
• Composite - 12-bit

Audio outputs

• 2 RCA - stereo pair (unbalanced)
• HDMI embedded - up to 8 channels

HDMI capture
The HDMI specification defines that Matrox MXO2 Mini cannot capture when connected to copy protected sources. It is the user’s responsibility to confirm copyright ownership before capture or distribution of content.

Codecs
Mac:
On systems with a 2.4 GHz or faster Core2 Duo CPU you can capture to DVCPRO HD and to SD codecs including uncompressed, DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, ProRes 422, and ProRes 422 HQ. On systems with at least two Dual-Core or a Quad-Core 2.4 GHz or faster CPU you can also capture to more HD codecs including ProRes 422 and ProRes 422 HQ. On systems equipped with storage that has sufficient transfer bandwidth, you can capture uncompressed 8- and 10-bit HD.

PC:
Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame HD adjustable from 50 to 300 Mbps
Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame SD adjustable from 10 to 50 Mbps
Uncompressed 8- and 10-bit

10-bit hardware scaling
Mac: Up/down/cross conversion on capture and output
PC: First release supports down conversion on output. Additional features will be made available in subsequent software releases at no charge.

System compatibility

• Mac Pro and Intel-based MacBook Pro running Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 or higher
• PC desktops and laptops running Windows XP (32-bit), Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), and Windows 7

Matrox MXO2 Mini MAX kit contents

• Matrox MXO2 Mini MAX input/output device
• Matrox MXO2 PCIe cable (1 meter)
• Matrox MXO2 Mini external power supply
• Two S-Video adapters

Getting your MXO2 software and documentation
Matrox is always improving the MXO2 Mini with frequent software updates so we recommend that you download the latest version of the MXO2 software and documentation from the MXO2 Support section of the Matrox web site at www.matrox.com/video/support.

Laptop Kit includes Matrox MXO2 PCIe host ExpressCard/34 adapter
(for use with MacBook Pro and PC laptops)

Desktop Kit includes Matrox MXO2 PCIe x 1 host adapter
(for use with Mac Pro and PC desktop)

Installing your PCIe host adapter (for desktop computers)
The Matrox PCIe host adapter is designed to operate in your desktop computer’s PCIe slot. For detailed instructions on how to perform the following steps, refer to your computer’s documentation.

Caution Static electricity from your body can damage your Matrox PCIe host adapter or your computer. Once you’ve opened your computer, drain static electricity from your body by touching a bare metal surface on your computer chassis before you install or remove any parts of your system. If you have a grounding wrist strap, use it while handling and installing any components in your computer. You should avoid touching the chips and other components on the circuit board. Try to handle the card by its edges.

1. Shut down your computer, remove the power cord and all the  ables from the computer, and open your computer’s chassis.
2. Insert the Matrox PCIe host adapter in an available PCIe slot in your computer, and secure the adapter into place.
3. Close your computer’s chassis, and reconnect the power cord and all the cables to the computer. You can now supply power to MXO2 and connect it to your computer as described in the Matrox MXO2 Installation and User Guide available at www.matrox.com/video/support.

Matrox MXO2 Mini & MXO2 Mini with MAX Bundles

Follow this link to check out our fantastic MXO2 Mini bundle offerings with the MXO2 Mini or MXO2 Mini with MAX with Final Cut Studio, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, CS4 Production Premium, Pioneer BDR-205 Blu-ray Disc burner and G-Tech G-RAID Professional Dual-Drive Storage Systems!

3) Matrox MXO2 I/O devices with Thunderbolt

In 2011 Matrox did not introduce any new external MXO2 I/O devices, but they did introduce a Thunderbolt adapter that allows you to turn any MXO2 into a Thunderbolt device. Thunderbolt is the new high speed interface that Apple & Intel introduced last year. You can learn more about Thunderbolt in our Videoguys' Guide here.

I think what Matrox did was brilliant. Rather then force you to invest in all new hardware, all you have to do is buy a Thunderbolt adapter for $199 and your existing MXO2 plugs right into your new iMac or Mac Book Pro. This gives Matrox MXO2 I/O devices an incredible amount of flexibility. You can install them in workstations with a PCIe card, on your laptop with ExpessCard or to your new iMac with Thunderbolt. In fact you can move your MXO2 from machine to machine, just by purchasing inexpensive additional adapters!

The Matrox MXO2LE MAX with Thunderbolt lets you add professional level SDI, Analog & HDMI I/O to Avid Media Composer, Adobe Production Premium or the old FCP7 running on your new iMac, MacBook Pro, Mac Mini or MacBook Air. Plus, with the MAX technology you get faster than real time H.264 encoding. Avid Media Composer editors can encode directly from the timeline to H.264 files for Blu-ray, iTunes, Vimeo, YouTube, Smart Phones or any other devices. For $1,495 that is a tremendous value. Videographers who do not require SDI can get the MXO2 Mini Max with Thunderbolt for $949 or the MXO2 Mini with Thunderbolt for $549. Videoguys offers some incredible bundle deals with Avid and Adobe software and you can also select the MXO of your choice using our Avid & Adobe configurators.

Another great product that Matrox did introduce in 2011 is the Matrox Mojito MAX with all of the features of an MXO2LE MAX built into an internal PCIe card for under $1,000! The Matrox Mojito MAX gives you SDI, Analo & HDMI I/O plus the Matrox MAX technology and it supports Avid Media Composer 6, Adobe CS5.x and the old Final Cut Pro 7.

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Matrox MXO2 Mini is the Missing Link in Your Tapeless Editing Workflow!

Regardless of what tapeless formats you shoot on (P2, XDCAM, AVCHD, DSLR or H.264): what platform you use (PC or Mac, Workstation or Laptop) what NLE you edit with (Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro or Avid Media Composer) the MXO2 Mini is the perfect HD monitoring solution for you. No other hardware is as powerful, flexible, portable or affordable.

With the Matrox MXO2 Mini you can monitor your timeline in full HD resolution on a flat screen HDTV via HDMI or component video. Matrox's exclusive monitor calibration utility lets you turn your off-the-shelf HDTV into a professional broadcast monitor suitable for color correcting and color grading. Using the Matrox MXO2 Mini as a preview output to an HDMI monitor allows you to use your workstation to spread your workspace over multimple computer monitors. The MXO2 Mini provides an additional full resolution HD output to your workflow. If you edit on a laptop, the MXO2 Mini gives you the same ability to output your timeline in full HD.