The HD HQV Benchmark in Blu-ray format provides the tools required to evaluate the picture quality of various high definition, 1080p-capable products such as your HDTV, monitor, video scaler, HD-DVD player, Blu-ray player, projector or AV receiver. It s currently being used by expert journalists as a trusted testing tool for product reviews. It is a 'must have' for those that are considering purchasing any HD products; or for those who have already purchased HD merchandise and wish to test the performance of their existing products.

Like the standard HQV Benchmark, the high definition counterpart contains video tests and patterns that determine the quality of a products HD video signal processing. A set of five tests evaluate quality factors such as HD Noise Reduction, Video and Film resolution loss tests, as well a test for 'jaggies'. The tests will reveal enough to help you determine which products thrive as HD contenders; and expose the products that are HD pretenders.

If you re not familiar with HD testing and terminology, the HD HQV Benchmark provides an introduction, a summary of the tests, as well as an explanation for how to use the testing scorecard.

Soon, you ll be testing and reviewing products just like the experts!

Ideally, you should perform tests with both the HQV Benchmark and the HD HQV Benchmark to get an overall indicator of how devices will perform with both high definition and standard definition material.