Video Test Equipment
Solving Today's Video Delivery and Quality Challenges.
The transition to digital video requires a new class of test and measurement tools to accommodate new, faster and often more complex technologies. To keep pace, our customers are faced with building new T&M arsenals as well as the challenge of keeping their staff current in the latest technology.
Tektronix tools provide support for multiple standards and formats as well as the broadest (across multiple standards and physical layers) and deepest (in-depth generation and analysis) test capabilities for digitally compressed video allowing YOU to grow as your business requires while maintaining the consistency of quality and user interface.
- UnCompressed
Signals - Compressed Streams
- File-Based Content
| SIGNAL GENERATORS | |||||||
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| Model | Sync Sources | Video Test Signals | Audio Test Signals | Form Factor | |||
| TG700 | NTSC / PAL black burst, HD tri-level, HD continuous wave, Internal GPS Receiver | Composite NTSC / PAL, SD Component, HD Component, SD-SDI, HD-SDI, 3G-SDI, Dual Link HD-SDI | AES / EBU with word clock and silence, Embedded AES / EBU | 1RU | |||
| SPG300 | NTSC / PAL black burst | Composite NTSC / PAL, SD-SDI | AES / EBU, Analog Audio | 1RU ½ rack width | |||
| SPG600 | NTSC or PAL black burst | Composite NTSC / PAL, SD-SDI | AES / EBU, Analog Audio | 1RU | |||
| ECO422D | 11 channel companion change over unit for the TG700, SPG600 and SPG300 | 1RU | |||||
| SIGNAL ANALYZERS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Model | Description | Applications |
| VM6000 | The VM6000 automates video testing of consumer HDTV and PC graphics devices such as digital set-top boxes, multi-media PCs, graphics cards, and video semiconductors. A variety of Component Analog formats are supported: SDTV, HDTV & RGBHV. |
Design Validation, Standards Compliance, Quality Control Installation / Troubleshooting, Automated Manufacturing Test, Off-line Video Systems Test |
| PICTURE QUALITY ANALYZERS | Model | Description | Applications |
|---|---|---|
| PQA600 | Based on the concepts of the human vision system, the PQA600 provides a suite of repeatable, objective quality measurements that closely correspond with subjective human visual assessment. The PQA600 also provides traditional picture quality measures such as PSNR (peak signal-to-noise ratio) as an industry benchmark impairment diagnosis tool for measuring typical video impairments and detecting artifacts. | CODEC design, optimization and verification, Conformance Testing Transmission Equipment and Video Systems Evaluation, Digital Video Mastering, Video Compression Services, Consumer Product Development and Manufacturing |
| WAVEFORM MONITORS | ||||
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| Model | Video | Audio | Advanced Features | Rack Size |
| WFM4000/ WFM5000 |
SD-SDI, HD-SDI * |
AES / EBU, Embedded AES / EBU | Portable - battery operation | 3RU ½ rack width |
| WFM6000/ WFM7000 |
Analog Composite, SD-SDI, HD-SDI*, Dual Link SDI*, 3 Gb/s SDI * | Analog, Dolby Digital*, Dolby E*, Dolby Digital Plus*, AES / EBU, Embedded AES / EBU | 3 Gb/s Jitter Measurement*, Eye / Jitter Measurement*, A/ V Delay Measurement*, Simultaneous Inputs*, Data Analysis*, CaptureVu®* | 3RU ½ rack width |
| WFM8000 | Advanced 3Gb/s SDI, Dual Link HD SDI, HD SDI, SD SDI, NTSC, PAL | Dolby Digital, Dolby E, Dolby Digital Plus, Digital Audio (Embedded), Digital Audio (AES), Analog Audio | FlexVu™ four tile display, CaptureVu®, Eye / Jitter Measurements, A/V Delay Measurements*, Simultaneous Input*, Data Analysis*, CC Decode, Picture Monitor (SD/HD Standard), Integrated Display, 3G Jitter, Includes Gamut Displays (Diamond, Split-Diamond, Arrowhead, Spearhead, Luminance Qualified Vector) | 3RU ½ rack width |
| WVR4000/ WVR5000 |
SD-SDI, HD-SDI* | AES / EBU, Embedded AES / EBU | DVI-I display output | 1RU ½ rack width |
| WVR6000/ WVR7000 |
Analog Composite, SD-SDI, HD-SDI *, Dual Link SDI * | Analog, Dolby Digital, Dolby E, Dolby Digital Plus *, AES / EBU, Embedded AES / EBU | Eye / Jitter Measurement*, A/ V Delay Measurement *, Simultaneous Inputs *, Data Analysis *, CaptureVu® * |
1RU |
| WVR8000 | Advanced 3Gb/s SDI, Dual Link HD SDI, HD SDI, SD SDI, NTSC, PAL | Dolby Digital, Dolby E, Dolby Digital Plus, Digital Audio (Embedded), Digital Audio (AES), Analog Audio | FlexVu™ four tile display, CaptureVu®, Eye / Jitter Measurements, A/V Delay Measurements*, Simultaneous Input*, Data Analysis*, CC Decode, Picture Monitor (SD/HD Standard), Integrated Display, 3G Jitter, Includes Gamut Displays (Diamond, Split-Diamond, Arrowhead, Spearhead, Luminance Qualified Vector) | 1RU |
| AMM768 | AES/EBU, Analog Audio, Dolby Digital, Dolby E | Picture Display (HS / SD), CC Decode, Metadata Decode | 3RU ½ rack width | |
| 1741C | Analog Composite, Analog Component | Vector Display, Waveform Display, Picture Display, Timing Display, Picture Thumbnail | 3RU ½ rack width | |
| * Not available on selected models in a series | ||||