madVR Envy Core Video Processor

About The madVR Envy Core Video Processor

The madVR Envy Core brings the same cutting-edge video processing features as the award-winning Envy lineup to a broader audience. Designed for versatility, the Envy Core is perfect for more modest home theatres, media rooms, and living spaces. It delivers madVR's best-in-class awarded 4K HDR dynamic tone mapping, truly instant aspect ratio handling, subtitle management, next-generation non-linear stretch for scope and 16:9 screens, stunning 4K upscaling, specialized sharpening and detail enhancement, support for 1D and 3D LUT calibration, IP based control system support, and much more.

The madVR Envy Core uses patent-pending video processing to deliver the ultimate picture quality in your dedicated home theatre. Enjoy the most dramatic yet highly accurate 4K HDR dynamic tone mapping, instant aspect ratio detection, subtitle management for scope screens, and non-linear stretch unlike anything you've ever seen. The Envy Core also offers unrivalled 4K upscaling, specialized sharpening and detail enhancement, 3D and 1D LUT calibration with unprecedented precision, and much more. Envy is the first and only dedicated video processor range to use machine learning algorithms with real-time video streams, taking your video quality to a whole new level. The Envy Core installs in minutes and is a joy to use.

Compact Yet Powerful: The Envy Core measures just 438 x 104 x 343 mm (2U) and weighs only 9.1 kg. This makes it perfect for any media room or home theatre setup, especially when space is at a premium, or for mounting behind a TV or in a small cabinet. Despite its compact size, the Envy Core leverages the full power of an Nvidia 4060 GPU and runs ultra-cool and quiet, without sacrificing quality.

HDR Dynamic Tone Mapping: madVR Labs pioneered dynamic frame by frame HDR Dynamic Tone Mapping. Their patent-pending DTM 2.0 analyses every frame in real-time to optimize every single pixel. That's a half billion pixels per second at 4K60. The proprietary Highlight Recovery, Contrast Recovery and Shadow Detail Recovery provide an image so stunning you will be addicted at first sight. Finally, you can enjoy HDR movies and shows at home like never before possible, just as the director intended.

Auto AR & Geometry Control: Envy Core detects every single aspect ratio and instantly adjusts the image to exactly fit your screen, regardless of its AR and the AR of the movie, even as it changes back and forth. This unrivalled auto AR control finally rids you of those pesky black bars once and for all.

4K Upscaling & Sharpening: Envy Core uses proprietary machine learning algorithms to provide unrivalled 4K upscaling and anamorphic stretch. It also provides the highest quality chroma upscaling (4:2:0->4:4:4) and can automatically reverse certain damaging chroma upscaling used by source players to then perfectly apply its superior chroma upscaling.

Highly Accurate Calibrations: Envy Core enables incredibly accurate calibrations by supporting massive 256-point 3D LUTs, and 4,096 point 1D LUTs, without any loss of measurement data and precision, unlike with other processors. This translates to 16.7 million points of accuracy, compared to less than 5,000 points with others. Envy Core integrates with calibration products including ColourSpace, Calman, and more.

Image Enhancements: Envy Core provides the highest quality algorithms to remove compression artifacts and mosquito noise, as well as de-banding to remove 8-bit banding artifacts. Many other favourite tweaks for image enhancements are also available to remove or add grain, sharpen edges, remove ringing, and more.

Non-Linear Stretch (NLS+): Want to remove those pesky black bars on your 2.35 screen when watching 16:9 content? madVR's NLS+ is the first non-linear stretch algorithm to combine horizontal expansion with vertical compression. This innovation (yet another madVR Labs industry first) "shares the load" for the stretch both horizontally and vertically, resulting in a more natural looking image than possible otherwise.

Simple to Install & Use: Set up is so simple that it takes just five minutes. No experience is required. Just plug the HDMI output from your AVR into the Envy Core, and send the Envy Core's HDMI output to your display. Need support? With your permission, your dealer can remotely connect to your Envy Core, see its video output in real-time, and operate it just like they were in the room with you.

Our Review 

The award-winning madVR Envy Core video processor an amazing visual cinema experience for your home theatre using some of the most advanced and best video processing in the world. No other product pushes every pixel to its extreme potential at anywhere near this price point. Add Envy Core to your theatre in just five minutes!