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MadOnion's Video2000 Measurement Software
MadOnion.com announces the release of Video2000. Developed in co-operation with Faroudja, Video2000 is the first and only video benchmark that objectively measures the video quality, features and performance of desktop video streams. Video2000 enables users to evaluate the quality, feature set and performance of the video-playback capabilities of their personal computer. With Video2000, users gain the information needed to upgrade, make informed purchasing decisions, and optimize the performance of their PCs for today's robust multimedia applications. ""Faroudja, a leader in high performance video processing technologies, was the ideal partner, enabling MadOnion.com to deliver the industry's first measurement tool for desktop video streaming,"" said Nathan Harley, Vice President of Marketing, MadOnion.com. ""The combination of MadOnion.com's proven benchmark technology with Faroudja's extensive video processing expertise has made the creation of this landmark benchmark possible."" ""We welcome Video2000 because in defining a benchmark for video, it helps to increase the overall quality of video content delivered to consumers on the PC platform,"" said Dave Marsh, Technical Evangelist for TV and Video, Microsoft Corp. ""This is particularly important as we start to see the PC architecture being used in more video entertainment devices."" Video2000 features include: advanced image quality tests, graphics, bus and memory performance tests, and CPU-performance tests. With all these tests built in, Video2000 provides an excellent overview of a system's capabilities whether the desired end-use is DVD-playback, video-conferencing or video editing. Key Features of Video2000 include: task-focused results for areas such as DVD, encoding & decoding MPEG2, HDTV, Netmeeting and home theatre, advanced image quality tests for analyzing the quality of video-playback in all situations, a capability-check to evaluate the limitations and extra features the graphics subsystem offers, Video Decoder Quality Tests to enable the user to gain knowledge about the accuracy and quality of the DVD-playback solution that is available on the system and more!