Real Time Editing Platform Provides Native DV, DV50, and MPEG-2 Multi-Format Editing With 1394 and SDI/SDTI Interface Options
IBC
'99 - AMSTERDAM -- Matrox Video Products Group announced that it has
begun shipping Matrox DigiSuite DTV, a new real time editing platform
for digital television. Based on the award-winning Matrox DigiSuite
real time mix/effects technology, DigiSuite DTV offers the most advanced
feature set on the Windows NT platform and incorporates the complete
range of compression formats, audio and video I/O, and connectivity
interfaces that are important for digital television. The product
will be shown at IBC '99 running Adobe Premiere RT and in-sync Speed
Razor RT real time editing applications, Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE DVD
authoring software, as well as leading compositing, paint, 3D animation,
CG and effects packages."The new DigiSuite
DTV card will ensure that we maintain our position as the premiere supplier
of real time editing platforms to broadcasters, post-production facilities,
and project studios," said Spiro Plagakis, Matrox VP Sales
and Marketing. "This card will allow our customers to take advantage
of cost-effective PC-based technologies as they move toward digital
television formats and interconnect interfaces."
DigiSuite DTV
supports multi-format DV, DV50, and variable bit rate MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame
editing. It also provides MPEG-2 4:2:2P@ML and MPEG-2 MP@ML output for
distribution applications such as broadcast transmission, video server
storage, archiving, DVD authoring, and web video streaming.
A full range of I/O and interconnect interfaces are supported in a modular
architecture so users can configure a system to exactly meet their needs.
Both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios are supported. Composite, Y/C,
and analog component video I/O are standard along with four channels
of balanced/unbalanced analog audio I/O. An optional 1394
interface card provides an IEEE-1394 link and an ultra-wide SCSI controller.
An optional SDI video interface module includes AES/EBU digital audio
I/O. An optional SDI/SDTI interface card with eight embedded audio
I/O channels supports faster than real time digital transfers of compressed
video. An optional real time 3D DVE card is also available.
"We are very
happy to see Matrox announce an open-architecture real time editing
platform that leverages our DVCPRO and DVCPRO 50 technology and provides
SDTI interconnectivity," said Michael Brinkman, Director
of Strategic Business Development, Panasonic Broadcast & Digital
Systems Company. "Editing and transferring DV material in its
native format ensures optimum quality, and the ability to transfer digital
video at 4X real time provides an important productivity boost to users."
"Combining
DigiSuite DTV with Adobe Premiere RT makes an extraordinary desktop
system," said David Trescot, Group Product Manager, Dynamic
Media, Adobe Systems Incorporated. "The ability of DigiSuite DTV
to edit two streams of DV, DV50 and MPEG-2 I-frame video in real time
and output not only to tape, but directly to DVD, broadcast video servers,
and the web, brings a whole new level of functionality and exciting
new possibilities to video professionals."
"Following
the successful introduction of Speed Razor RT with the Matrox DigiSuite
and DigiSuite LE, in-sync is proud to announce support for the new DigiSuite
DTV board from Matrox. The Speed Razor RT/DTV combination offers editors
the latest in DV equipment and output to the world's fastest growing
video format - MPEG-2 - compatible with satellite and DVD distribution,"
said Jamie Carr, CEO of in-sync corporation.
Price and Availability
DigiSuite DTV, bundled with a complete software suite for digital media creation - Adobe Premiere RT real time editing, Inscriber CG titling, Boris Effects 3D DVE and Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE DVD authoring - is priced at $5,995 US. The SDI option is priced at $1,995 US. The DV-1394 interface option is priced at $995 US. These products are available worldwide through Matrox authorized resellers in late-August 1999. The SDTI option, priced at $3,995 US, will be available in late 1999.
DigiSuite DTV, bundled with a complete software suite for digital media creation - Adobe Premiere RT real time editing, Inscriber CG titling, Boris Effects 3D DVE and Sonic Solutions DVDit! LE DVD authoring - is priced at $5,995 US. The SDI option is priced at $1,995 US. The DV-1394 interface option is priced at $995 US. These products are available worldwide through Matrox authorized resellers in late-August 1999. The SDTI option, priced at $3,995 US, will be available in late 1999.
About Matrox
Matrox Video Products Group designs and manufactures a complete line of open-architecture, PC-based, broadcast-quality digital video hardware and Windows NT development tools for OEMs, systems integrators and end users in the television broadcast, cable and post-production industries. The award-winning Matrox DigiSuite cards provide the ideal platform for real time nonlinear editing, digital compositing, paint, titling, 3D animation recording, audio sweetening, DVD authoring, and video server applications with software from leading third-party application vendors including Adobe, Discreet, Inscriber, in-sync, and Sonic Solutions. The Matrox Video Products Group web site is located at www.matrox.com/video.
Matrox Video Products Group designs and manufactures a complete line of open-architecture, PC-based, broadcast-quality digital video hardware and Windows NT development tools for OEMs, systems integrators and end users in the television broadcast, cable and post-production industries. The award-winning Matrox DigiSuite cards provide the ideal platform for real time nonlinear editing, digital compositing, paint, titling, 3D animation recording, audio sweetening, DVD authoring, and video server applications with software from leading third-party application vendors including Adobe, Discreet, Inscriber, in-sync, and Sonic Solutions. The Matrox Video Products Group web site is located at www.matrox.com/video.