Matrox Convert DVI SD/HD-SDI Scan Converter with Genlock for Mac & PC
World's First HD-SDI Scan Converter with Genlock Under $1000
Matrox Convert DVI lets broadcasters easily and economically take the computerbased content that is quickly becoming a key part of the nightly news to air. It's ideal for creating broadcast video from computer applications such as Skype, YouTube, Google Earth, video games, and web browser sessions, as well as citizen journalists' mobile phone videos.
Quality HD-SDI scan converters with genlock typically cost thousands of dollars each and SDI audio embedders are often required. Costs balloon when stations require multiple units. Matrox Convert DVI is very inexpensive by comparison and allows system audio to be embedded in the SDI signal. It provides the high-end features, outstanding quality, and ease-of-use necessary in broadcast operations.
Matrox Convert DVI controls are provided via a simple PC-based user interface. By simply dragging a mouse, rather than fiddling with buttons on the unit itself, users can choose to output the entire screen or a region-of-interest of any size. Premium features such as a flicker reduction filter, an underscan mode, customizable presets with user-assignable hotkeys, password protection, and a stand-alone mode ensure optimal flexibility for many different applications. In applications where the DVI signal is not coming from a computer, but from a camera or medical device for example, Matrox Convert DVI can operate independently of a PC to deliver SDI and analog video.
Matrox Convert DVI for Mac
Matrox Convert DVI can be used in stand-alone mode1 with a Mac, once it had been configured by a Windows-based PC.
If you are looking for a scan converter that can be controlled by a Mac, consider Matrox MXO2. In "Presentation Mode", Matrox MXO acts as a high-quality scan converter that is genlockable, with timing offset controls. It mirrors the contents of your secondary desktop and displays it as high quality SDI and analog video simultaneously.
Matrox Convert DVI Key Features:
- DVI-D input up to 1920 x 1200
- Digital outputs: HD/SD SDI
- Analog outputs: HD/SD analog component, S-Video, and composite
- SD analog black burst (bi-level) or HD tri-level genlock with timing offset controls
- Simultaneous analog and digital output
- Stereo audio input can be embedded into the SDI output signal
- Realtime HD to SD hardware downscaling with proper color space and aspect ratio conversion
- Region-of-interest output support
- Can operate as a stand-alone appliance
- Advanced features such as an anti-flicker filter, underscan mode, customizable presets, and password protection
- Three-year hardware warranty and complimentary telephone support
Inputs and Outputs:
Input:
Matrox Convert DVI accepts common DVI-D signal resolutions up to 1920x1200. A third-party HDMI to DVI adapter lets you use Matrox Convert DVI with compatible HDMI sources.
Supported Desktop Resolutions:
- 800x600
- 1024x768
- 1280x720
- 1280x1024
- 1600x900
- 1600x1200
- 1680x1050
- 1920x1080
- 1920x1200
Other resolutions work with Convert DVI, but only the resolutions listed above have been tested and approved by Matrox.
Output:
Matrox Convert DVI provides a full complement of outputs including HD/SD-SDI, HD/SD analog component, S-Video, and composite. Your choice of analog output and the SDI output are simultaneously live.
Supported Output Standards:
- NTSC
- PAL
- HD 1280x720p at 50 and 59.94 fps
- HD 1920x1080i at 25 and 29.97 fps
Audio Support:
Matrox Convert DVI accepts stereo audio input. The audio input is routed to the audio output for monitoring and is embedded into four channels of the SDI signal.
Genlock
Matrox Convert DVI can be genlocked to a SD analog black burst (bi-level) or HD tri-level genlock source. Horizontal and vertical timing offset controls can be used to align your video output relative to your external genlock source to compensate for cable delays within your facility.
High-Quality Hardware Downscaling:
Matrox Convert DVI will output full resolution 1080i HD video or you can choose to downscale to 720p or SD. Proper conversion of the HD color space to the SD color space and proper aspect ratio conversion to anamorphic, letterbox, and center cut are provided.
Region-of-Interest
Matrox Convert DVI lets you output your entire computer screen or focus on details in a region-ofinterest of any size within the larger resolution. The region-of-interest can be selected by entering screen coordinates or by simply clicking and dragging your mouse over the area you want to output. If your region-of-interest is larger than your selected output standard, Matrox Convert DVI will automatically downscale it to fit.
Stand-Alone Mode
Matrox Convert DVI is controlled and configured by a PC-based user interface via a USB connection. Once configured, the box can be programmed to behave as a stand-alone appliance so that the control PC can then be disconnected. This lets you use another DVI device as your input such as a camera, Mac computer, medical device, or even another PC. When Convert DVI is in stand-alone mode, the settings cannot be tampered with and configuration information is maintained when the unit is turned off.
Flicker Reduction
Matrox Convert DVI provides an anti-flicker filter to reduce artifacts that result from converting progressive images to interlaced video, resulting in a more stable output.
Underscan Mode
In cases where you want to output an entire image to a display and not lose the edges of it in the bezel, the underscan feature can be used to shrink the image slightly and place a black border around it.
Customizable Presets and Password Protection
Project and region-of-interest presets can be saved and retrieved at will. Once the proper parameters are set, the ConvertDVI control panel can be locked and password protected by an administrator to prevent accidental modifications or tampering.
Mac Support for Convert DVI is Now Available!
Mac support for the award-winning Matrox Convert DVI and Convert DVI Plus HD-SDI scan converters is now available for you to download. Now Mac users can also benefit from these easy-to-use HD-SDI scan converters to make the most of their computer-based content in broadcast and live event environments. Mac software release 1.0 provides support for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7 (Lion).
Download the Convert DVI Mac Firmware
