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Parhelia APVe

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Matrox Parhelia APVe

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The Matrox Parhelia APVe is a PCI Express x16 multi monitor graphics card with video input, HDTV component video out, Dual-DVI plus TV output and unique What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) video output plug-ins.

  • Native x16 PCI Express architecture
  • 128MB of DDR graphics memory
  • Dual 400 MHZ 10-bit RAMDACs
  • DualHead up to 1920 x 1440 per display
  • Dual-DVI up to 1920 x 1200 per display
  • Advanced multi-display output modes:
    - Dual-display plus HDTV output
    - Dual-display plus TV output
    - TripleHead Desktop Mode
  • WYSIWYG video output plug-ins for: Adobe® Premiere® Pro, After Effects® and Photoshop®, Discreet combustion 3®, 3ds max™ and NewTek LightWave 3®
  • Component, composite and S-video output
  • YPbPr component output at 1080i/25, 1080i/30, 1080p/24, 1080p/25, 1080p/30, 1080p/50, 1080p/60, 720p/24†, 720p/25†, 720p/30†, 720p/50†, 720p/60, 480p/59.94, 483p/60, 576p/50
  • Composite and S-video input1
  • PureVideo Preview - for full screen video playback
  • Dual Hardware Overlays - gamma correctable
  • Adjustable proc-amp settings for TV and overlay video window: hue, saturation, brightness and contrast
  • UltraSharp Display Output technology
  • Dual-ICC profiles2 - to support one ICC profile per display in either a DualHead® or Dual-DVI set-up
  • Matrox Pivot Mode3
  • Matrox DualHead Clone - to view a copy of one display on another display
  • Matrox Multi-Display Zoom - to view a portion of one display full-screen on another display
  • Matrox Desktop Divider - to divide a single desktop into multiple display units
  • PowerDesk-HF utility suite
  • OpenGL® and Microsoft® DirectX® compliant
  • Unified Microsoft Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, and Windows® Vista XDDM display driver
  • Global sales and technical support
  • 3-year warranty

1 Composite input requires additional cable sold separately. Video input not supported in Dual-display plus HDTV mode.
2 Dual-ICC profile is only supported under Windows XP.
3 Pivot Mode supported in Dual-display configuration. Video-output feature is not available when Matrox Pivot feature is enabled.
†Supported with RoHS sku only.

Hardware included

  • Matrox Parhelia APVe graphics card (P/N: PH-E128APVF‡)
  • One DVI to Dual HD15 cable (P/N: /15963-02)
  • One TV-output cable - composite/s-video(P/N: /15953-02)
  • One DVI to DVI + HD-15 cable (P/N: /16090-01)
  • One HD-15 to YPbPr component output cable(P/N: /16113-00)
  • One DVI (male) to HD15 (female) adapter (P/N: /ADAPT20)

Software included

  • Matrox display driver for Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP *
  • Matrox PowerDesk (driver interface and utilities)

*Drivers for Windows Vista XDDM available online. For other possible operating systems, contact Matrox.

Optional upgrades

  • Composite video-input cable

Maximum resolutions (per display)

  • Digital, 1-2 monitors: 1920 x 1200
  • Analog, 1-2 monitors: 2048 x 1536
  • Analog, 3 monitors: 1280 x 1024