Matrox used NAB 2026 to demonstrate a broad range of IP encoding, conversion, and KVM technology, with Dan Maloney presenting at the company's booth across four main product areas.
Matrox Video is one of those companies that, if you took away its products, the entire industry would fall over. "One small form factor appliance packs a big punch. Both 4K and HD workflows," says Technical Marketing Manager, Dan Maloney, about the company's VION IP gateway, and that pretty much encapsulates what the company is about: producing immensely capable kit that would have seemed impossible a handful of years ago.
The Monarch Edge contribution encoder and the REMI encoder/decoder solution were shown in a live remote production demo elsewhere in the LVCC, encoding and distributing in real time using 5G bonded cellular connectivity provided by Dejero, with GlobalM handling SRT routing. The REMI system supports four channels of encode and four channels of decode at very low latency, with tally and talkback built in.
ConvertIP, Matrox's line of 2110 and IPMX encoders, decoders, and converters, was shown with several new capabilities. These included simultaneous dual-channel output (4K and HD from a single 4K source), multiview on a single receiver, and an IP tunneling feature that allows a Convert IP device to loop through control data for a connected PTZ camera over a single fiber run. That's a cool feature that will rationalize plenty of live deployments.
SDM module form factors, which slot directly into compatible monitors and projectors including a Panasonic unit on display, were also demonstrated. A new ruggedized enclosure was shown as an accessory for mounting Convert IP hardware in a truss or rack.
The VION IP gateway product was presented as a compact appliance capable of four simultaneous format conversions, supporting NDI, SRT, IPMX, 2110, HDMI, and SDI in a single small-form-factor unit.
Rounding out the demonstration was Avio 2, described as the world's first open standards-based IPMX/ST 2110 IP KVM extender. The device transports computer content over 2110 and USB over IPMX, allowing KVM traffic to share a standard 2110 production network rather than requiring a dedicated parallel network. EVS was mentioned as a partner already integrating Avio 2 into its production networks.