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- HQV Benchmark Blu-ray, DVD and HD DVD
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... The HQV Benchmark series of discs have received a lot of press and a lot of players have failed to pass many of its tests...
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... Let's take a look at what each of these tests are, what their purpose is and what it actually means to your overall experience...
... Testing, Scoring, Education The test material concentrates mostly on deinterlacing and scaling...
... Silicon Optix provides a downloadable PDF file of the test regimen which includes how to score each test along with detailed explanations...
... While the guide provides comparison images, the resolution is not high enough for many of the tests to assist you in fully appreciating what to look for...
... HQV Benchmark DVD Testing and Scoring Guide HQV Benchmark Blu-ray and HD DVD Testing and Scoring Guide Many of the DVD test results and all of the Blu-ray and HD DVD test results rely on perception requiring proper calibration of the display for valid results and is noted by in the title...
... Neither disc provides a full suite of calibration test patterns...
... If the auto aspect does not provide a manual feature then you are stuck with 4:3, which will not be correct for some of the 16:9 tests...
... The introduction and test material does not provide reference imaging quality for showing off the DVD format at its best...
... Above the middle is a resolution response test for both luminance and chroma...
... Page 10 of the guide compares two images that hardly look different for a test score high of 10 and 0, and in this case resembles reasonable expectations for this test...
... MPEG NR targets compression noise, is processed differently and should not be used for this test...
... This test is all about the NTSC broadcast television system, analog cable, analog RF tuners and the RF noise that can easily come from them...
... You can also reverse the test, turn the NR off on the player and turn it on for your TV if available...
... Some NR circuits offer different range levels in which case test all of them and determine which setting provides the best balance of detail versus noise suppression...
... While an NR circuit can successfully navigate the prior noise test of still images, the addition of motion will show any artifacts created by the process and may help identify what kind of NR the video processor is using...
... The roller coaster is also a convenient test for LCD pixel speed provided you turn off NR on the player and display...
... HQV Benchmark DVD on Your Player Just because a player fails some or all of these tests does not mean it will generate the same errors when playing a Hollywood movie on your player, nor would passing some of these tests qualify as high fidelity performance...
... None of the tests even relate to how the vast majority of movies are captured, processed and mastered for DVD along with how your player is designed to reproduce them...
... Missing from this disc is the same test material processed and mastered just like Hollywood does...
... Without such a reference point the person doing the evaluation may have unrealistic expectations of how well the test material should perform...
... While it can be argued on the surface that some of these tests should apply to a player, as a reviewer I find myself in a catch 22...
... Test material from Avia, Video Essentials, Sound and Vision, Digital Video Essentials and nearly all popular movies look decent to fantastic although that same player fails all or some of the HQV Benchmark material...
... With a native 480p 16:9 display, typically CRT only, and a properly designed 480p player, you are in videophile nirvana due to this free ride but this is an HDTV world and most displays these days require the 480p free ride gets scaled to one of the HD scan rates, 720p, 1080i or 1080p...
... The bottom line is that the vast majority of players are going to fail many of the tests that relate to DVD content...
... HQV Benchmark is exactly what the doctor ordered for reviewers and videophiles alike who are looking for a simple straight forward battery of tests to quickly determine performance with such content... - OPPO DV-983H Upconverting DVD Player - On the Test Bench
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... OPPO DV-983H Upconverting DVD Player - On the Test Bench This portion of the review details how the OPPO DV-983H performed on the test bench...
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... On the Test Bench The very ability to inspect and view an HDMI video source goes directly against the copyright capability of the connection since the means to see it would infer a means to steal it...
... All tests were performed using Digital Video Essentials as the source material...
... Horizontal Frequency Response Luminance As noted, waveform monitoring response was useless for this test...
... Visually the player passed the continuous frequency burst test quite well for luminance...
... This pattern always has banding so the best I can state on this is high, medium or a low contrast response with high being the best and low being the worst...
... The Toshiba HD-A35 remains a reference for this test...
... Similar to the HQV Benchmark DVD it, contains similar test material for jaggies, cadence and titles...
... The OPPO DV-981HD passed many of the tests but it uses intelligent deinterlacing...
... The ABT disc image quality and some of the tests like jaggies are better implemented and delivered than the HQV Benchmark...
... Moving on to test images from DVE at 1080p I was greeted with an overall good response...
... As noticed for the color burst response test this player is lacking by comparison...
... It passed all but one of the HQV Benchmark cadence tests...
... If you are a DVD collector looking for the best overall response with ANY content the DV-983HD has you covered...
... Additional Video Features Y C Delay With a calibration disc you test for this error on your display and correct it...
... CUE Correction Although the player passes the CUE test there is also ICP, Interlaced Chroma Problem...
... Beyond the specific CUE patterns on the ABT test disc I did not see this feature change anything and it would seem leaving it in automatic will give you the best results...
... Being a simple matter of set-and-forget, there was nothing to test... - Vizio VX20L 20-inch Widescreen LCD HDTV Review
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... Vizio VX20L 20-inch Widescreen LCD HDTV Review Welcome...
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... News - Vizio VX20L 20-inch Widescreen LCD HDTV Review Vizio VX20L 20-inch Widescreen LCD HDTV Review It seems like all you see today is flat panel monitors and TV's and that's basically true...
... Today we will be looking at the VX20L 20-inch Widescreen LCD HDTV from Vizio...
... Today we will be looking at the VX20L 20-inch Widescreen LCD HDTV from Vizio...
... This HDTV features a 1366 x 768 (720p) native resolution, built-in HDTV tuner, and HDMI input...
... 7 Million colors - Brightness: 450 cd/m2 - Contrast Ratio: 700:1 (Typical) - Internal ATSC QAM/NTSC Tuner - Display Compatibility: HDTV (1080i*) - Signal Compatibility: 480i (SDTV), 480p (EDTV), 720p (HDTV), 1080i* (HDTV) - V-Chip for Parental Control - Wall mounting capable - Includes Remote Control - Power: 100 - 240V 50/60 Hz 2A Connections: - One (1) Coaxial RF (ATSC/QAM/NTSC) - One (1) HDMI with HDCP (plus Stereo Audio RCA for DVI source) - One (1) Component YPbPr plus Stereo Audio - One (1) RGB (PC) plus stereo audio - One (1) Composite Video - One (1) S-Video (AV-S) plus Stereo Audio - Headphone in jack Dimensions: - 15...
... Once we get everything out of the box we have the HDTV, remote, and a piece of paper that tells us where to download the manual... - Mitsubishi LT-46148 LCD HDTV - On the Test Bench
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... Mitsubishi LT-46148 LCD HDTV - On the Test Bench This portion of the review details how the Mitsubishi LT-46148 LCD HDTV performed on the test bench...
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... Please read the Mitsubishi LT-46148 LCD HDTV Review Essentials, if you have not already...
... I also tried the HDTV section at 480p and was greeted with a correct 16:9 aspect ratio...
... Only the HDTV 720p, 720x1280, pixel mapped as a centered output...
... 120 lines was well saturated, 240 showed a drop, 480 was greatly reduced, 960 was barely noticed and of course 1920 was missing in action as it should be rather than creating a chroma error since HDTV is limited to 960 or half of luminance...
... Calibration, Test Results and Factory Settings The factory service menu is extremely limited from the controls offered to how they affect the image...
... 2 100 IRE - end While still climbing strongly out of black at the 20 and 30 IRE points the rest of the response is text book...
... The human eye is more sensitive to color at peak black rather than peak white so ultimately it is set for the best overall response...
... The display does not provide any red, green or blue gating feature to properly test this response... - Samsung DTB-H260F External HDTV Tuner
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... Samsung DTB-H260F External HDTV Tuner RSS Samsung DTB-H260F External HDTV Tuner - Product of the Week Friday February 27, 2009 Although many HDTV owners can access HDTV signals through cable or satellite, many consumers still need to access DTV and HDTV signals over-the-air, via an indoor or outdoor antenna...
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... However, although HDTVs can easily display a high definition image, some older HD-Ready sets do not have actually have built-in HDTV tuners...
... As a result, Samsung offers a low-cost HD set-top box, the DTB-H260F, that adds over-the-air HDTV signal access to older HDTV's that do not have a built-in HDTV tuner...
... The DTB-H260F houses an HDTV tuner that can receive over-the-air 480p, 720p, and 1080i broadcasts... - DTV converter boxes aplenty, but good luck finding an antenna Wireless
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... TV signals and started broadcasting only in digital, but she still found herself in a Best Buy store on the DTV deadline day, Friday, buying the last amplified digital antenna on the store shelf...
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... The Best Buy just down the block on 23rd Street and 6th Avenue only had a few antennas left by mid-afternoon...
... Best Buy customer service representative at the store on Broadway and 62nd Street said that antennas were sold out in Manhattan...
... Justin Barber, a spokesman for Best Buy, said that as of Friday evening, Best Buy stores across the country were meeting demand for converter boxes...
... Best Buy had plenty of digital TV converter boxes on hand for last minute shoppers...
... He was in Best Buy on Friday looking to buy a new antenna...
... And he says he has spent hours testing and figuring out which solution works best for getting digital TV signals in his Astoria, Queens, apartment...
... What he has discovered is that an expensive amplified antenna did not perform as well in his apartment as a much cheaper HDTV UHF VHF antenna...
... A silver sensor HDTV antenna from Philips that is similar to the one CNET editor Matthew Moskovciak uses...
... Instead, he says to work your way up, trying different antennas to see which one works best...
... Best Buy has a 30-day return policy, so try as many antennas as you want, and return the ones that you don't need... - ClearStream2 (C2) UHF Antenna
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... ClearStream2 (C2) UHF Antenna If you have an HDTV or are thinking about getting one before the analog cutoff early next year, you may also want to consider picking up your digital TV via an antenna...
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... 2 dBi Consistent gain throughout the entire DTV channel spectrum Dimensions: 20" H x 10" W x 5" D The test site for this review is 45 miles from the LA transmitters and 80 miles from the San Diego Transmitters...
... So this is not a best case scenario to say the least...
... There were three tests involved...
... The next test was to actually aim the antenna in the direction of the transmitters and hold it outside the window...
... With this test we were able to pull in 12 channels...
... We were hoping for more because at this point it has not been a fair test and the only way to do so was to get up on the roof and put the C2 right next to the Yagi...
... For the third and final test we mounted the antenna in the same position as the Yagi and aimed it in the same direction... - ClearStream2 (C2) UHF Antenna
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... ClearStream2 (C2) UHF Antenna If you have an HDTV or are thinking about getting one before the analog cutoff early next year, you may also want to consider picking up your digital TV via an antenna...
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... 2 dBi Consistent gain throughout the entire DTV channel spectrum Dimensions: 20" H x 10" W x 5" D The test site for this review is 45 miles from the LA transmitters and 80 miles from the San Diego Transmitters...
... So this is not a best case scenario to say the least...
... There were three tests involved...
... The next test was to actually aim the antenna in the direction of the transmitters and hold it outside the window...
... With this test we were able to pull in 12 channels...
... We were hoping for more because at this point it has not been a fair test and the only way to do so was to get up on the roof and put the C2 right next to the Yagi...
... For the third and final test we mounted the antenna in the same position as the Yagi and aimed it in the same direction... - ClearStream2 (C2) UHF Antenna
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... ClearStream2 (C2) UHF Antenna If you have an HDTV or are thinking about getting one before the analog cutoff early next year, you may also want to consider picking up your digital TV via an antenna...
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... 2 dBi Consistent gain throughout the entire DTV channel spectrum Dimensions: 20" H x 10" W x 5" D The test site for this review is 45 miles from the LA transmitters and 80 miles from the San Diego Transmitters...
... So this is not a best case scenario to say the least...
... There were three tests involved...
... The next test was to actually aim the antenna in the direction of the transmitters and hold it outside the window...
... With this test we were able to pull in 12 channels...
... We were hoping for more because at this point it has not been a fair test and the only way to do so was to get up on the roof and put the C2 right next to the Yagi...
... For the third and final test we mounted the antenna in the same position as the Yagi and aimed it in the same direction... - Mitsubishi LT-46148 LCD HDTV
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... Mitsubishi LT-46148 LCD HDTV While Mitsubishi is far better known for rear projection DLP since the demise of CRT, market forces can't be ignored and consumers remain spellbound by the flat panel concept in their homes...
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... We both agreed the best setting was with this feature turned off...
... Problems During the HQV Benchmark Blu-ray test I was checking how the 120 Hz processing was responding to the panning stadium test which requires bringing the menu up and multiple cursor key presses to navigate to the setting finally exiting from the menu to view the image...
... The only time calibration errors were clearly visible was when viewing content I am intimate with limiting such perception to test materials or menus from sources...