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Matrox Video Products Group today announced that the Matrox MXO 2.0 release will be demonstrated at NAB 2007 in booth SL2015. "We listened to our customers and added important new functionality to MXO that will truly eliminate the need for Final Cut Pro users to invest in expensive HD monitors," said Wayne Andrews, Matrox MXO product manager. "DVI monitor calibration, super black and super white support, one-to-one pixel mapping and the other features we've added in release 2.0 make Matrox MXO a must-have for video editors on the Mac. Apple Cinema Displays or other DVI monitors can now be used reliably for monitoring detailed editing work, even color grading."

New features in the Matrox MXO 2.0 release include the following:

DVI monitor calibration - hue, chroma, contrast, brightness, and blue-only adjustments
Super black and super white monitoring on the DVI display
Pixel-to-pixel mapping on the DVI display
"Virtual bezel" on the DVI display
New HD editing resolutions - 1080p at 23.98, 25, and 29.97 fps; and 720p at 25 and 50 fps \
New DVI output resolution - 1024x768 at 59.94 fps
Region of interest output selection in Presentation Mode
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 support
"Leopard" support

Key features of Matrox MXO include the following:

Inexpensive HD monitoring -Frame-accurate, broadcast-quality HD/SD output
Realtime HD to SD downscaling
WYSIWYG video output from QuickTime-based applications
Flicker-free video output of computer desktop
Portable, hot-swappable versatility

Priced at $995 US in North America (£619, €899), Matrox MXO is available through a worldwide network of authorized dealers. Release 2.0 will available to registered users as a free download from the Matrox website in May 2007.