Matrox MXO2 vs. AJA IoHD
- Matrox MXO2 costs substantially less – $1,595 vs. about $3,000.
- Matrox MXO2 is truly portable – fits easily into a laptop bag, can run off a field battery, weighs 3 ½ lbs vs. 9 ½ lbs.
- Matrox MXO2 is road ready and rugged – built entirely on one circuit board, MXO2 is a robust design where as IoHD has many stacked circuit boards which can become loose over time.
- Matrox MXO2 provides direct surround sound monitoring – IoHD has only stereo RCA output for monitoring.
- Matrox MXO2 works with a variety of codecs, not just ProRes – there is no need to transcode your native XDCAM, P2, HDV, and DV footage, for example.
- Matrox MXO2 does not use the FW800 bus – the PCIe bus used by MXO2 provides higher bandwidth so you are not limited to just compressed workflows, you can work with all formats including uncompressed 10-bit HD. You also have the flexibility to use popular FireWire storage solutions with MXO2, even on towers.
Matrox MXO2 vs. AJA Kona3
- Matrox MXO2 costs substantially less – $1,595 vs. about $2,550.
- Matrox MXO2 is a professional breakout box – with Kona3 the breakout box is separate, increasing your cost by about $260.
- Matrox MXO2 works with Mac Pros and MacBook Pros – Kona3 works only with towers.
- Matrox MXO2 provides analog, SDI, and HDMI I/O – Kona3 has analog preview output and SDI I/O only.
- Matrox MXO2 provides direct surround sound monitoring and XLR audio – Kona3 has only stereo RCA output for monitoring.
Matrox MXO2 vs. AJA Kona LHe
- Matrox MXO2 is a professional breakout box – with Kona LHe the breakout box is separate, increasing your cost by about $290.
- Matrox MXO2 works with Mac Pros and MacBook Pros – Kona LHe works only with towers.
- Matrox MXO2 provides HDMI I/O – Kona LHe has no HDMI support.
- Matrox MXO2 provides direct surround sound monitoring and 4 XLR audio outputs – Kona LHe has only stereo RCA output for monitoring and 2 XLR outputs.
- Matrox MXO2 provides realtime 10-bit hardware up/down/cross conversion – Kona LHe offers only downscaling.
Matrox MXO2 vs. Blackmagic DeckLink HD Extreme
- Matrox MXO2 works with Mac Pros and MacBook Pros – DeckLink HD Extreme works only with towers.
- Matrox MXO2 fits in a single PCIe slot – DeckLink HD Extreme occupies one slot plus an additional bracket for the HDMI option.
- Matrox MXO2 is a professional breakout box – DeckLink HD Extreme does not have a breakout box option.
- Matrox MXO2 offers simultaneous HD and SD output – DeckLink HD Extreme does not.
- Matrox MXO2 provides direct surround sound monitoring and more audio I/Os – DeckLink HD Extreme supports only two channels of audio via AES/EBU, XLR, and HDMI.
- Matrox MXO2 provides 10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion – DeckLink HD Extreme depends on your CPU to do all scaling, and "center-cut" aspect ratio conversion is not supported.
Matrox MXO2 vs. Blackmagic Multibridge Pro
- Matrox MXO2 works with Mac Pros and MacBook Pros – Multibridge Pro works only with towers.
- Matrox MXO2 provides direct 5.1 surround sound monitoring via RCA, 2-in/4-out XLR, and 8 channels of support for HDMI audio – Multibridge Pro has 2 channels of unbalanced audio output via RCA, 2-in/2-out XLR, and 2 channels of support for HDMI audio.
- Matrox MXO2 provides 10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion – Multibridge Pro depends on your CPU to do all scaling, and "center-cut" aspect ratio conversion is not supported.
Matrox MXO2 vs. Blackmagic Multbridge Eclipse
- Matrox MXO2 costs substantially less – $1,595 vs. about $2,570.
- Matrox MXO2 works with Mac Pros and MacBook Pros – Multibridge Eclipse works only with towers.
- Matrox MXO2 provides direct 5.1 surround sound monitoring via RCA and 8 channels of support for HDMI audio – Multibridge Eclipse has 2 channels of unbalanced audio output via RCA and 2 channels of support for HDMI audio.
- Matrox MXO2 provides 10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion – Multibridge Eclipse depends on your CPU to do all scaling, and "center-cut" aspect ratio conversion is not supported.
Matrox MXO2 vs. Motu V4HD
- Matrox MXO2 costs substantially less – $1,595 vs. about $2,750 plus a separate breakout cable if you want access to more than 4 channels of audio.
- Matrox MXO2 is truly portable – fits easily into a laptop bag, can run off a field battery, weighs 3 ½ lbs vs. 14 lbs.
- Matrox MXO2 provides HDMI input and output – V4HD does not have HDMI input.
- Matrox MXO2 works with a variety of codecs, not just DVCPRO HD and ProRes – there is no need to transcode your native XDCAM, P2, HDV, and DV footage, for example.
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