MONTREAL — May 29, 2012 — Matrox(R) Video Products Group today announced a special limited-time promotion on Matrox MXO2(TM) Mini MAX. Purchasers save $250 until July 31, 2012. Matrox MXO2 Mini MAX provides affordable HDMI(R) and analog video and audio input, and output for Apple(R) Final Cut Pro(R) X, Avid(R) Media Composer(R), or the newly released Adobe(R) Creative Suite(R) 6.

Matrox MXO2 Mini MAX turbocharges H.264 encoding for deliveries to the web, mobile phones, and tablets up to five times faster than software alone without sacrificing quality — all in a convenient, portable breakout box. Matrox MXO2 devices are still the only solutions on the market that connect anywhere — with Mac(R) and PC, via Thunderbolt(TM), PCIe, or ExpressCard/34 — with the same versatile unit. Other important features include 10-bit hardware scaling and inexpensive HD monitoring with the exclusive Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility.

“Professional content creators delivering H.264 projects need the tools to make every type of content look its very best,” said Wayne Andrews, product manager at Matrox. “Matrox MXO2 Mini MAX provides a comprehensive set of encoding profiles and presets along with custom controls that let users tweak all the important parameters to perfect their encodes, and get them out in record time.”

Price and availability
During this promotion, Matrox MXO2 Mini MAX units for desktop systems (PCIe) and laptops (ExpressCard/34) are priced at $599 US (Euro 512, £428) not including local taxes and delivery. Matrox MXO2 Mini MAX for Thunderbolt laptops is priced at $699 US (Euro 599, £499).The special promotional pricing is available through authorized Matrox dealers worldwide.

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About Matrox
Matrox Video Products Group is a technology and market leader in the field of HD and SD digital video hardware and software for accelerated H.264 encoding, realtime editing, audio/video input/output, DVD/Blu-ray authoring, streaming, A/V signal conversion, capture/playout servers, clip/still stores, and CGs. Matrox’s Emmy award-winning technology powers a full range of content creation and delivery platforms used by broadcasters, post-production facilities, project studios, corporate communicators, videographers, and A/V professionals worldwide. Founded in 1976, Matrox is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada. For more information visit www.matrox.com/video.

Matrox is a registered trademark and Matrox MXO2 and Matrox MAX, are trademarks of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.