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To: Lane Weatherly who wrote (48548)	2/5/2000 10:52:00 AM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

C-Cube customer, Matrox.......................... tvbeurope.com Matrox: winning at cards by David Fox Matrox is the core hardware provider for many editing systems (especially at the lower end of the market). Its cards even appear in machines offered by some of the biggest players. Typically Matrox adds to a standard Windows (98 or NT) PC all that is needed for video (except the software, although that is often available bundled with the cards). The latest in its DigiSuite line, DigiSuite DTV, was launched at NAB, and is now shipping. Aimed at multiformat broadcast editing, it offers dual-stream realtime editing (plus a graphics layer), with multiple channels of 2D effects, YUV colour correction, and keying. It can do native-DV (25 and 50) and MPEG-2 I-frame editing, and can mix DV 25 and 50 on the timeline. An optional SDTI card, for four-times speed transfers, will ship next year (Avid will be using this to add SDTI to NewsCutter). A realtime plug-in 3D DVE card is also an option. Thomson is upgrading its Nextore studio servers to use Matrox' DigiServer DTV card (having used the DigiMotion card previously), which allows it capture and playout DV or MPEG-2 material. The new RT2000, launched at IBC, is aimed at bringing realtime dual-stream editing (plus a graphics layer) and 3D effects to low-end (Windows 98) systems. It costs œ849 and offers DV-native and MPEG-2 I-frame editing with MPEG-2 IBP output for DVD and broadcast transmission. It will be bundled with Adobe Premiere RT, a titling package and DVD authoring software, has analogue and 1394 inputs and composite Y/C, DV or MPEG outputs, and can export RealVideo or MPEG-1 files for Internet streaming. What is most significant about RT2000 is the new Flex 3D architecture, which will form the core of Matrox's next generation of hardware. It allows an unlimited number of different types of effects to be offered. "Whatever you can think of, you can create," says Janet Matey, Matrox' marketing communications director. Its potential future development is similarly unbounded, as it will be able to cope with more streams of video as graphics chips get faster. It is also resolution independent, so the architecture will form the basis of future Matrox High Definition products. There are five editing packages available for the established DigiSuite and DigiSuite LE cards: Premiere, in-sync's Speed Razor, Discreet Logic's edit, IMC Incite and United Media's On-Line Express. The cards can also be used by any software using Video for Windows or AVI files, such as LightWave. Boris FX and Inscriber CG are now bundled as standard with DigiSuite.