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Matrox Video Products Group today announced the MXO, an easy-to-use DVI-to-audio/video output adapter for the Mac that takes the DVI output from a Mac computer or laptop and converts it to broadcast-quality video.

You can preview Apple Final Cut Pro projects or the output of other QuickTime-based applications such as Motion, Shake or DVD Studio Pro from Apple, or Adobe’s After Effects, as they will actually appear on TV and record them frame accurately to tape.

Matrox’s MXO can also be used to provide a flicker-free video output of the computer desktop with any application, allowing you to record and display Keynote and PowerPoint presentations, Web browser sessions, and software application training.

‘Matrox MXO incorporates patent-pending technology that provides important workflow enhancements for video production professionals on the Mac platform,’ said Alberto Cieri, Matrox sales and marketing director. ‘It’s a cost-effective external box that’s easy-to-use and portable. Final Cut Pro users will wonder how they ever worked without it.’

‘Apple’s Final Cut Studio brings real-time, native HD editing to customers at a breakthrough price,’ said Ron Okamoto, Apple’s Vice President of Worldwide Developer Relations. ‘We’re delighted that Matrox is building on Apple’s innovation in Final Cut Studio, QuickTime and Mac OS X ‘Tiger’ to provide improved HD workflows for video production professionals on the Mac.’

Key features of the MXO include DVI to broadcast-quality video conversion in HD and SD, portable hot-swappable external box, genlockable HD/SD SDI, HD/SD analogue component, Y/C, and composite outputs, and up to 8 channels SDI embedded audio output with stereo audio monitoring.

Priced at $995 (£558), Matrox’s MXO will be available in June 2006 through a worldwide network of authorised dealers.

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