Matrox announces RT.X100 Extreme!

[Elie]

Matrox Announces Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme

NAB 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada - April 7, 2003 - Matrox Video Products Group
today announced the Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme professional realtime video
editing and DVD authoring platform, based on the "Power of X" architecture
that leverages scalable CPU power with the explosive performance of
dedicated hardware to give users a new level of realtime productivity.
Priced at $1299 US in North America including the full versions of Adobe
Premiere 6.5 and Sonic Solutions ReelDVD Studio, Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme
delivers full-quality, full-resolution, no compromise realtime editing and
professional DVD authoring at a price that is comparable, or even lower,
than other software-only realtime applications. Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme is
ideal for corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios,
educational facilities, and digital filmmakers.

"Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme builds on the success of the Matrox RT.X100 realtime
editing platform that has won numerous international awards," said Stephen
Albanese, Matrox product manager. "New workflow and productivity
enhancements include: XtremePreview for editing many layers and effects
without rendering, professional waveform and vectorscope monitors to
complement our advanced color correction tools, realtime super-smooth
field-blended slow motion, and the addition of Sonic's ReelDVD Studio
professional DVD authoring application."

Key Features of Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme
· Advanced realtime, 3-way, 18-parameter YUV color correction
plus 8-parameter RGB gain/offset colorization
· Professional waveform and vectorscope monitors
· Realtime chroma and luma keying
· Realtime super-smooth, field-blended fast and slow motion
· Realtime pan & scan filter for aspect ratio conversion
between 16:9 and 4:3
· Most powerful realtime 3D technology for video, titles, and
32-bit graphics
· Intuitive, consistent interfaces for efficient, accurate
effects creation
· Freedom to combine and keyframe over 16 effects in real
time, at full quality
· XtremePreview for editing many layers and effects without
rendering
· Realtime SinglePass DV scan and capture
· Realtime MPEG-2 capture and encoding for DVD authoring
· Realtime DV-1394, composite, and Y/C input and output
· Video capture using OHCI and Video-for-Windows compliant
applications
· Hardware-accelerated simultaneous batch encoding of DVD,
SVCD, VCD, and web formats
· Sonic DVDit! SE for simple DVD creation and Sonic ReelDVD
Studio for professional DVD authoring

[CMB]

ok, so someone tell me what this means...

reading between the lines
Is this the regular rtx100 bundled with a full version of sonic dvd and new xtools.. ??

meaning can i enjoy all the chocolately goodness by downloading new drivers??

[CMB]

wow o wow.

go to the main site and look.. or read here even

http://forum.matrox.com/cgi-bin/rtx100/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=000188#000002

There is a now a plugin to send all direct show stuff to the monitor.. so just playing a clip in media player will send it to the tv.. THATS AWESOME.. i cant use my parhelia for stuff like that cos im running 3 monitors.. but this is amazing.. i wonder if anyone at matrox has slept since christmas..

So now we have everything we asked for.. realtime smooth slow motion... realtime scrubbing and playback that uses the cpu when the hardware is exceeded... and a realtime directshow output..

Im a happy camper indeed..
now i just need to download new drivers

[SpiralDragon]

this is great news.... though i wish they did something for the Avid comunity tooo premier is a toy for me compared to avid.....

also wish they anounced a new gfx card.....

but whining aside this is great news..... both the x10 and x100 are supurbe... and quite on the spot... in my book they beat the competition easly (atleast those in the premier arena offerings)

keep it up Matrox...... just dont forget what we realy want to see from you...........

[Chrono_Wanderer]

Originally posted by SpiralDragon
this is great news.... though i wish they did something for the Avid comunity tooo premier is a toy for me compared to avid.....

also wish they anounced a new gfx card.....

but whining aside this is great news..... both the x10 and x100 are supurbe... and quite on the spot... in my book they beat the competition easly (atleast those in the premier arena offerings)

keep it up Matrox...... just dont forget what we realy want to see from you...........

well, it's april The annual Matrox product lanuching month.

Let's hope we see a quad display Parhelia. 3 screens + 1 TV Simply amazing.

Multimonitor sweetness

[CMB]

"Let's hope we see a quad display Parhelia. 3 screens + 1 TV Simply amazing"


If you have a Parhelia with an RT.X100 Thats exactly what youve got.. SIGH.. how far away is June???

[Ray Austin]

Whew, glad I didn't buy MSP7 yet. Matrox just saved me some moola.

Can't wait to try this out... sounds so great!!!

I can not imagine not seeing the "NOT X RENDERED" screen.... mmm pinch me I think I'm dreaming!

[Elie]

Yeah I freaked out too when I first tried it

[BernH]

I'm an NLE reseller handling Matrox, Pinnacle, Avid XpressDV, Canopus, and Newtek, and I have to agree, the RTX100 Xtreme specs look great . I never made it to NAB this year, so I haven't seen it first hand, but I have the fine folks at Matrox coming my way in a few weeks to do a seminar on the new RTX kits, and I can't wait to see it in action.