Matrox Electronic Systems MXO2 - Manual (Page 23)

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Matrox MXO2 Family for PC Product Guide
Hardware Scaling
Realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion on capture
and output
The Matrox MXO2 products let you deliver in any format your clients demand.
The 10-bit hardware scaling provides high-quality mastering.
HD to SD downscaling
The Matrox MXO2 products provide realtime HD to SD downscaling with
proper conversion of the HD color space to the SD color space and proper
aspect ratio conversion to anamorphic and letterbox. You can monitor or
record an SD master of your HD project in real time.
SD to HD upscaling
The Matrox MXO2 products provide realtime SD to HD upscaling with proper
conversion of the SD color space to the HD color space. MXO2 will “pillarbox”
4:3 footage and scale 16:9 SD footage to full screen.
Cross conversion
The Matrox MXO2 products offer realtime cross conversions from 720 to
1080 and 1080 to 720. Realtime frame rate conversion is also supported
with 2:3:2:3 and 2:3:3:2 cadences. This feature is useful if, for example, your
source material is recorded at a different frame rate or resolution than the
delivery format your client requires. It also facilitates monitoring when, for
example, you need to work with 23.98 fps footage but your monitor does not
support that frame rate. You can use the MXO2 family’s realtime frame rate
conversion to view your project at 29.97 fps. Conversion from 23.98 fps to 25
fps is handled by Adobe Premiere Pro and the host.