Thunderbolt-enabled Matrox goes international

Montreal — Matrox Video Products Group has announced the immediate availability of Thunderbolt-enabled Matrox MXO2 I/O devices as well as Thunderbolt adapters for existing customers.

Developed by Intel with collaboration from Apple, Thunderbolt (which is currently available on all Macs) is a high-speed I/O technology running at 10 Gbps that brings together high-speed data transfer and high-definition (HD) display on a single cable. Matrox MXO2 devices provide broadcast-quality video and audio capture, monitoring, output, and H.264 encoding for use with leading editing and content creation applications.

Some key features of Matrox MXO2 family include convenient form factors for use in studio, on set, in the field and in OB vans, broadcast-quality HD/SD video and audio input/output, 10-bit HDMI input, output, and monitoring with the unique Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility and 10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion on capture and output.

Thunderbolt-enabled Matrox MXO2 devices are now available from authorized dealers worldwide starting from 549 USD. Matrox Thunderbolt adapters for all MXO2 devices can be purchased as an add-on at 199 USD.