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Matrox MXO
Hey there all,
I was wondering if any one out there could give me the run down on the MXO?
I’ve been a DigiSuite and Axio user on the pc side of things for quite a few years now and have recently got my hands on a MBP for mobility.
I’ve been looking at the new Matrox MXO as it seems to be the only way I can get HD out of the MBP via SDI or component. Any thoughts or comments on this? Picture quality and a/v sync as good as they say? If there any other products out there that’ll let me do what the MXO does with my MBP?tia,
Johnny
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2 Replies
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We’ve bought it for exactly the same reason after I tested it for a German video magazine and it works very well.
Yes, it’s the only way to get analog HD output from a MacBook or anything else without room for a video card (iMac or Mini). I think there are interfaces for DVI to SDI in the market, but nothing as versatile as the MXO and not for the same price. It does a pretty good downconvert to SD as well, can even give you S-Video or composite(yikes) if needed. It’ll convert your desktop to video for training projects and will embed all audio channels into your SDI signal, not only stereo.
For someone working with a ‘studio in a suitcase’ it’s a great product
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Thanks for the reply Uli.
After reading your post I decided to go to my dealer and check it out. I was pretty impressed and figured why not give it a try, how can I go wrong for that price!
I took it home with my MBP to do some edits in the evening after I picked it up. I’ve gotta say I’m thrilled with it. I was sitting on my couch cutting up some HDV clips and outputting it downconverted to SD in realtime watching it on my tv! Then I read a review of it on dv.com ( https://www.dv.com/reviews/reviews_item.jhtml?category=Software&articleId=193700401 ) made me feel even better about it.Combined with my new MBP and FCP (new to FCP by the way) I’m really starting to feel psyched about doing more edits on the go.
John
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