The madVR Envy video processor delivers the ultimate cinematic visual experience for your home theater, using the most modern-day, best video processing on the planet. No other product squeezes every pixel to its extreme potential. Add Envy to your theater in just five minutes!

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The most advanced, modern-day video processor for high-end cinema

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The award-winning madVR Envy uses our patent-pending video processing to deliver the ultimate picture quality in your dedicated home theater. 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 also offers unrivaled 4K upscaling, specialized sharpening and detail enhancement, 3D and 1D LUT calibration with unprecedented precision, and much more. The Envy is the first and only dedicated video processor to use machine learning algorithms with real-time video streams, taking your video quality to a whole new level. The Envy installs in minutes and is a joy to use.

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HDR Dynamic Tone Mapping

madVR Labs pioneered dynamic frame by frame HDR Dynamic Tone Mapping. Our patent-pending DTM 2.0 analyzes every frame in real-time to optimize every single pixel. That’s a half billion pixels per second at 4K60. Our 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 and Geometry Control

Envy 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. Our unrivaled auto AR control finally rids you of those pesky black bars once and for all. The Envy Extreme also features advanced geometry correction, great for removing a-lens barrel distortion, fitting curved screens, advanced architectural installations, and more.

4K & 8K Upscaling & Sharpening

Envy uses proprietary machine learning algorithms to provide unrivaled 4K, 5K and 8K 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 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 integrates with calibration products including ColourSpace, Calman, and more.

Image Enhancements

Envy 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 favorite tweaks for image enhancements are also available to remove or add grain, sharpen edges, remove ringing, and more.

Subtitle Handling & Profiles

Tired of cutoff subtitles with your scoped screen? Our subtitle handing dynamically resizes your image to fit subtitles only when needed, maximizing your picture size. And our new profile system provides the most powerful yet easy to use settings management you’ve ever seen in any product before it.

8K and HDMI 2.1 Support

The Envy Extreme supports 8K HDMI 2.1 output, with full 48 Gbps HDCP 2.3 support. This makes Envy the first and only stand-alone video processor to offer these advanced capabilities. Our modern-day hardware platform ensures you’ll enjoy the Envy for many years to come.

Non-Linear Stretch (NLS+)

Want to remove those pesky black bars on your 2.35 screen when watching 16:9 content? Our 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 and 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, and send the Envy’s HDMI ouput to your display. Need support? With your permission, your dealer can remotely connect to your Envy, see its video output in real-time, and operate it just like they were in the room with you.

The Sony VW5000ES stole the show while paired with a madVR Envy, showing 2.35:1 content in full 16:9 glory. Clients were blown away at the ability to remove black bars in real-time, with many clients justifying the value paired with our lowest-priced projector.

— Kavon N.

CI Sales Manager, Sony Electronics

After watching a few movie scenes I can say with 100 percent certainty that the Envy is truly amazing. It has totally transformed the experience in our demo theater. Every movie looks incredibly immersive and now I have to go back and watch some of my favorite titles to see the extra detail.

— Kris K.

Barco / Sony / Epson dealer

I researched this for quite a while, carefully looking at the available Video Processors on the market. I ended up choosing the Envy and am glad I did. Setup was quick and straight-forward, and in no time at all, I was enjoying what the Envy can do. The Envy completely solved all three of the problems I was experiencing. I can now enjoy a thrilling Home Theater experience. I couldn’t ask for more.

— Don C.

This thing is incredible!! I played around with it and it does wonders on everything I played. The best purchase I’ve made for my home theater to date!! It is so impressive and has breathed entirely new life in my projector. I’m also amazed at how plug and play it is to set up, and how easy it is to use. You guys have really knocked it out of the park.

— Landon C.

I can’t believe how easy it went. All I can say is…incredible! The picture is just stunning — the color, contrast and image brightness is just perfect. Thanks to you all for such a great, easy to use product. It’s actually making my system even less hands on.

— Mark J.

Envy is truly amazing. This is what I dreamed of when I bought my Sony 5000, and it never quite lived up to my expectations. With Envy, my theater has never looked better. Deep rich blacks, expanded range, amazing jewel-like midtones, and super-bright highlights, all with lots of detail. The wife and kids are ooh’ing and aah’ing all movie long. Overheard during “The Croods: A New Age” last night: “Dad, you’ve been lying to us for years. Why wasn’t it this good all along?” I still just can’t believe how great things look.”

— Don M.

The integration of the profiles is state of the art! The profiles are quite simple to use yet very powerful. Bravo! It’s so rare to see such a good design at the first beta iteration. I easily created display profiles for 16/9 and 2.35 aspect ratios, mainly to set my preferred Screen Boundaries and Black Bar settings for these aspect ratios. And it’s working great. Congratulations on this release. Everything continues to be very stable. I love my Envy now more than ever!

— Dave C.

I’m a trained DCI projector tech and I’ve reviewed HDR under laboratory conditions with blue laser and RGB laser DCI projectors, to tone map Barco Residential models to the ultimate standard. The Envy tone mapping algorithms get it right and consistently so. It also has auto aspect ratio detection, switching, and very soon, masking control. And the switching time is shockingly fast.

— John B.

…and it’s really a killer, nothing to do with my [competitor product]. It’s a completely different image. So much more brightness while keeping deep blacks and top whites that never clip. And so realistic that one has the impression that one can fit into the screen. It’s stunning!

— Didier S.

…it kills everything I saw before. Its name should be madVR Magic. The image is the best I’ve ever seen. You don’t feel the need to tweak anymore your config for each movie. It just works as you dream it should.

— David C.

I’m speechless. The Envy is so insanely stunning that I could not believe my eyes. I just sat and stared in total amazement!

— Mike H.

Everything has been absolutely fantastic with my Envy. The picture is beautiful, the upscaling is amazing, the lip sync is bang on, and like I’ve stated before, its the most important piece of equipment in my home theater, next to the beer fridge I honestly can’t wait to be able to have people over again for movie night and show it off.” – Jon G.

— Jon G.

The Envy’s DTM and 4K upscaling may be the star of the show, but there are other aspects of this VP that create an amazingly beautiful image. I will always remember my initial impression when I first set eyes on the Envy’s image. It made me feel like I was “really there”, in the movie peering through a window as an observer. Hats off to madVR for designing such a wonderful product.

— G-Rex

Yesterday we installed the Envy Extreme, we have received last week. The customer has a JVC Z1, he’s very happy with his Envy, he never saw a better picture anywhere . Thanks for such a great product.

— Philippe S.

I think the Envy is a fantastic product, so much easier to setup and use than any other VP I have tested 😊

— Nicklas S.

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Resources (Documentation & Articles, Sales Materials, Downloads)

Product Documentation

Projector Setup Guides for use with Envy

Source Device Setup

Video Calibration

Calibration with the Envy – Software, How-Tos, and More!

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IP Control Guides, Modules and Drivers

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ABOUT MADVR LABS

madVR Labs manufactures extreme video hardware and software products to meet the demands of the most discerning and critical video enthusiasts. Our products are the result of over ten years of extensive R & D, with hundreds of thousands of madVR users world-wide. We are a funded startup, launched in 2019, that serves the commercial cinema, post-production, and high-end home theater markets.

Meet Our Founders

Richard T. Litofsky, Co-founder and CEO

As a visionary leader, serial entrepreneur, speaker, and CEO, Mr. Litofsky has nearly 30 years of experience building companies in the technology space. His areas of expertise and focus include mobile and cloud computing, SaaS, enterprise software, computer hardware, and video processing.

Mathias Rauen, Co-founder and madVR Inventor

As the inventor of madVR, Mr. Rauen is the madScientist and mastermind behind madVR and our proprietary, machine learning AI algorithms. He is the passionate inventor of madVR, and has dedicated the past decade of his career obsessing on how to make every pixel count.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

A full support section with a detailed knowledgebase and FAQ is coming soon. In the meantime, for any technical support matters, please start by contacting your Envy dealer, who will be happy to help you. We will take over from there, if they are unable to fully assist you.

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madVR Labs, LLC
9710 Traville Gateway Drive #150
Rockville, MD 20850 USA

General inquiries only: hello@madvr.com

Support: support@madvr.com

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