What are the main features of Matrox ConvertIP that benefit end users?
Matrox ConvertIP is a versatile family of ST 2110/IPMX encoders, decoders, and converters designed to form the backbone of open-standards–based IP video infrastructures. With multiple I/O options – including HDMI, SDI, and HDBaseT – ConvertIP enables users to route and distribute professional-grade video signals over IP networks while continuing to operate their trusted cameras, switchers, monitors, and projectors.
ConvertIP’s support for open standards ensures seamless operation across mixed-vendor ecosystems. For rental firms, system integrators, and production crews, this dramatically simplifies deployment, reduces compatibility frustrations, and speeds up system setup and reconfiguration.
Supporting both uncompressed and compressed codecs (including JPEG-XS), ConvertIP allows teams to allocate bandwidth strategically – uncompressed video for mission-critical screens and low-latency stage feeds, and compressed streams for overflow areas, backstage monitoring, remote spaces, and hospitality zones.
ConvertIP maintains sub-frame latency and supports full-fidelity video, including 4K60, HDR, and professional colour spaces. This keeps screens perfectly in sync in multi-display environments, ensuring a premium viewer experience across even the most complex live-event setups.
Compatible with copper or fibre infrastructures, ConvertIP enables cost-effective transitions from baseband to IP. Venues can expand, modernise, or hybridise systems without needing to overhaul their network backbone in a single step.
Small form factors, PoE/PoE+ support, and optional redundant power inputs make ConvertIP ideal for space-constrained or temporary environments such as mobile control rooms, pop-up stages, hospitality areas, tents, and ballroom AV setups.
Select ConvertIP models offer quad-view monitoring on a single display, giving operators real-time visibility into multiple feeds without additional gear – perfect for control rooms, production racks, and event back-of-house operations.
Why is ConvertIP well suited to the Middle East events market?
The Middle East continues to host increasingly ambitious events from mega concerts to high-profile conferences and televised global spectacles. ConvertIP aligns perfectly with this market’s growing demand for flexible, scalable, future-proof AV infrastructure.
ConvertIP makes it simple to deliver high-quality, low-latency feeds to overflow spaces, remote studios, and online platforms, supporting modern hybrid event formats that have grown in popularity region-wide.
With open-standard compatibility, rental and staging companies benefit from device interchangeability across suppliers, venues, and event types. This reduces logistical complexity and protects long-term investment.
Middle Eastern venues – whether temporary or permanent – increasingly require adaptable IP-based systems, and ConvertIP scales easily from small productions to large, networked broadcast environments.
How was the experience exhibiting with Abcom at GITEX this year?
GITEX 2025 provided an outstanding platform for Matrox Video to connect with the Middle East market and showcase our expanding AV-over-IP, video capture, and display ecosystem. The energy on the show floor was exceptional, with visitors showing strong interest in next-generation IP video workflows and high-performance broadcast/AV solutions. The event’s massive scale made it clear that GITEX has outgrown its traditional footprint, and the move to a larger venue [Expo city] in 2026 will further support its momentum.
Partnering with Abcom at the show strengthened our ability to engage directly with customers, demo real workflows, and highlight trusted, reliable solutions for the region’s booming event and AV integration sectors.
What kind of support does Abcom offer to Matrox Video users in the Middle East?
Abcom, one of Matrox’s long-standing partners in Dubai, provides end-to-end support for AV and IP-based deployments across the region. Their services include: a fully equipped demo and experience centre; hands-on demonstrations of ConvertIP and other Matrox Video solutions; expert pre-sales consultation; post-sales technical support and troubleshooting; training sessions for integrators, rental companies, and end users; and assistance with system design, configuration, and commissioning.
Their knowledgeable team ensures that customers deploy solutions confidently and efficiently, whether for live events, control rooms, or corporate AV applications.
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