Matrox MXO2 Mini for Laptops with Matrox MAX

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.

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

• Works with Mac and PC, laptops and desktops

• Small, lightweight, external box that's easily connected to your 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 your 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 section 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 your favorite 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