Matrox Video has announced the launch of the Matrox Maevex MGX Series, a new lineup of IPMX-ready video encoders and decoders with USB support that is engineered to deliver 4K60 AV-over-IP distribution at one twentieth the bitrate of virtually all other pro AV codecs, “significantly reducing” network complexity and cost.
Designed for enterprise AV, control rooms, and medical environments where network efficiency is critical, the Maevex MGX Series is intended to enable organisations to achieve “pristine image quality and industry-leading ultra-low-latency performance” while using far less bandwidth. This is said to help reduce network congestion, simplify infrastructure, enable 20x the streaming capacity on the same network, and avoid costly network upgrades.
With Maevex MGX, a single input can be streamed simultaneously to multiple outputs and formats, including IPMX, RTSP, MPEG-TS, and SRT, enabling versatile distribution and simplified system design. Single- and dual-channel models, including the Maevex MGX E1 and E2 encoders and Maevex MGX D1 and D2 decoders, provide deployment flexibility. Multiview and compositing capabilities are available on the Maevex MGX E2, D1, and D2, enabling users to combine and manage multiple sources on both the encoding and decoding sides.
“For years, the pro AV industry has accepted that AV-over-IP deployments require tradeoffs between image quality, latency, and bandwidth,” said Ron Berty, business development manager at Matrox Video. “The Maevex MGX Series represents a paradigm shift in how organisations can approach AV-over-IP infrastructure. It gives customers the flexibility to design the interoperable systems they want without accepting limitations in quality, latency, or bandwidth. As we celebrate 50 years of innovation at Matrox Video, Maevex MGX reflects our continued focus on solving real-world technology challenges in a practical and meaningful way.”
The Maevex MGX Series is designed for control rooms, enterprise video distribution, medical environments, and unified communication and collaboration environments where performance, efficiency, and interoperability are critical.
