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Welcome to this issue of the Hi-Tech Trader. This week's article: "Matrox MX02 Offers a Robust and Affordable I/O Solution in a Portable Package" By Ned Soltz (2009)DV Magazine Specials: Sony HVR S270U, Tandberg E5710 Encoder Bargain Bin Tektronix VM 700A Digital, Sony PVM 1354Q Customer SpotLight Tampa Bay Rays If you have an interesting story, case study, tip or trick. Send it to us at: Editor. If we publish it in The Hi-Tech Trader, we will give full recognition to you and/or your company.  SEE how easy it is for you to be up and running on your new Tricaster, Tricaster PRO, Studio or the NEW Tricaster Broadcast contact us toll free 888-354-2508  Make sure you check out our every day low prices on used video gear. Go to: Hot List Inventory  Contact Us: Hi-Tech Enterprises, Inc. 4400 118th Avenue North Suite 203 Clearwater, FL 33762 Phone (727)-573-9600 Toll Free (888)-354-2508 Fax (727)-573-9606 Technical Support (727)-573-9600 ext. 227 Video Equipment Sales (727)-573-9600 ext. 224 Video Editing Computer Sales (727)-573-9600 ext. 222 Training (727)-573-9600 ext. 222 Suggestion Box In an on going effort to produce a quality newsletter, always feel free to send your comments and suggestions to mike@videoequipment.com 
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Matrox MX02 Offers a Robust and Affordable I/O Solution in a Portable Package By Ned Soltz (2009)DV Magazine The Matrox MXO2 is a full capture and output device designed for both PCIe-based Macs and MacBook Pro notebooks. Right out of the box, it includes a PCIe card for desktop computers and an Express/34 card for MacBook Pros. Unlike its competition, the MXO2 is truly field-ready, owing to its 12V DC option. The MXO2 is designed to fit perfectly under a MacBook Pro. This form factor, however, necessitates configuring inputs and outputs on opposite faces of the unit and power, computer and RS-422 connections on one of the sides. The MXO2 works seamlessly with all Final Cut Studio applications and provides preview in After Effects and Shake as well. It is a true capture card and, unlike the Matrox's MXO, does not convert DVI to video; it does require a component, SDI or HDMI monitor. HDMI output represents a significant part of the feature set. . And while I'm talking about HDMI, let me mention that MXO2 offers a feature that no other HDMI-output card includes. Put up some color bars in your FCP timeline. In the MXO2 utility in the Mac's System Preferences, click Calibrate HDMI. You can now calibrate your HDMI monitor using those color bars, including a blue-only mode. This assures as much accuracy as the monitor is capable of delivering. MXO2 also maps to HDMI monitors pixel for pixel. All outputs are simultaneously live. I often find myself monitoring both to SDI and to an HDMI HD set just to get some feel of how the video will actually appear on a consumer television.
Let's first look at MXO2's inputs. Video inputs are provided for SDI (HD or SD), Y/C, component, composite and HDMI. The SDI and HDMI inputs recognize up to eight channels of embedded audio. Additionally, there are two unbalanced RCA, two balanced XLR and two AES/EBU audio inputs. Video and audio inputs can be selected independently in the MXO2 control panel. . On the output side of the MXO2 are interfaces for SDI, HDMI, component and Y/C outputs. Up to 12-bit video is supported. It is in audio outputs that MXO2 really shines with its ability to output 5.1 surround. Outputs include four XLR balanced, six RCA unbalanced, two AES/EBU and embedded audio in SDI and HDMI (supporting up to eight tracks). . MXO2 provides an excellent workflow for those who are shooting cameras with HDMI output and want to capture on the fly in FCP to ProRes rather than to an HDV codec. Simply connect the MXO2 HDMI to HDMI and use Capture Now in FCP. Note that this works only on Macs with quad-core processors. MacBook Pros with their duo-core processors cannot capture HD ProRes in real time. MXO2 is strictly a 1920x1080 maximum device. It does not support 2K or Dual Link 4:4:4 RGB. While one might potentially fault Matrox for these limitations, realistically the MXO2 satisfies the needs of the majority of users who work with any format up to HDCAM. I have successfully captured 10- bit uncompressed HD via SDI without any glitches. . It also must be noted that the MXO2 does not up-res SD to HD for acquisition. It does, however, output real time up-res from SD to HD via SDI or component video. It will pillarbox 4:3 SD and up-res full-frame HD from 16:9 material. The quality of the up-res is quite good and this is a tribute to Matrox's years of experience in codec design on the PC side of editing. And, of course, it will downconvert in real time. It also cross-converts 720 to 1080 and vice versa. Again, my experience here has been positive. It correctly displays 2:3:2:3 or 2:3:3:2 cadences or outputs 23.98 timelines to 29.97.end See more (Video) Investigation Matrox MX02 http://www.macvideo.tv/encoding/features/index.cfm?articleId=110862  For FREE tickets use code LV1836 Don't forget to stop by our booth and visit with us. Looking forward to seeing you. Customer Spotlight Your success is our success! The purpose of the Customer Spotlight portion of this newsletter is to provide a small promotional over view of you, your company, or services. We invite you to submit with our new Customer Spotlight Form. We will randomly select one submission per issue. See Yourself Here! It's quick easy and beneficial to you and it is FREE.  Tampa Bay Rays http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com Bargain Bin
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