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Any thoughts on quality of Matrox MXO downconvert
For various reasons I’m considering purchasing an MXO for down converting my XDCam EX footage to SD for output to PAL Digibeta for broadcast.
Does anyone know how it’s downconvert quality compares with other options (AJA, Blackmagic etc.)?
Thanks,
Johnny White
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I have used this on my home system, because my office had the Kona 3 tied up on a project. Output DVCPRO HD to betaSP. Looked great. Hardware downconvert.
I haven’t done a test between the two…never felt the need. But the output I did was perfectly fine.
Shane
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Thanks for letting me know. I’m thinking of the MXO as I don’t want to buy a new tower to get pci-e and the HD monitoring seems pretty good too. Given the move to tapeless acquisition I imagine it’s still a popular option…
Johnny
Seanchas Productions, Galway, Ireland
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And according to the MXO2 specs, it’s not possible to capture to ProRes without at least a quad-core, so as long as you’re not planning on using the MBP for ProRes, you should be good.
Ed (the humble opinion of a Longford boy)[Jonathan White] “Thanks for letting me know. I’m thinking of the MXO as I don’t want to buy a new tower to get pci-e and the HD monitoring seems pretty good too. Given the move to tapeless acquisition I imagine it’s still a popular option…
Johnny”
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Thanks for the info. but it’s just the MXO I’m looking at, I have an old dual core pci-x G5….
Happy Christmas in Longford from Galway but now in Dublin….Johnny
Seanchas Productions, Galway, Ireland
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Oops! I keep wanting to hear more experiences with the MXO2 from the editing trenches, so when I see MXO I read MXO2.
Ed (family in Longford, but living in Vermont)
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