Introduction to the Benchmark Tests
Introduction to the Benchmark Tests
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Written by Staff
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Friday, 01 September 2000 |
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On May 13 and 14, 2000, Secrets hosted its first DVD player Benchmark
Event (Shootout I) in Redmond, Washington, where we tested numerous DVD
players as to their video, audio, functional, and usability qualities.
Audio Precision and Tektronix instrumentation were employed to gather
extremely accurate data. The information you will see here is much more
extensive than you will ever find in any other A/V magazine, on or off
the web.
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DVD Benchmark - Part 1 - Video
DVD Benchmark - Part 1 - Video
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Written by Stacey Spears
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Friday, 01 September 2000 |
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Let's start with a little technical information on DVD. I am never
really sure how much to cover and how technical to get. I will do my
best to make things as easy as possible for everyone to understand . . .
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DVD Benchmark - Part 2 - Audio
DVD Benchmark - Part 2 - Audio
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Written by Colin Miller
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Friday, 01 September 2000 |
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There's the old audiophile myth that measurements don't mean anything
because something can measure the same, yet sound vastly different. If
you take the specs provided by most manufacturers as measurements . . .
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DVD Benchmark - Part 3 - Functionality
DVD Benchmark - Part 3 - Functionality
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Written by Stacey Spears
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Sunday, 01 October 2000 |
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What we covered in Parts 1 and 2 are the most commonly looked at
aspects of DVD players. In Part 3 we take a look at another area of
performance that I believe has been seriously neglected by everyone,
including us (up until now) . . .
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DVD Benchmark - Part 4 - Usability
DVD Benchmark - Part 4 - Usability
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Written by Evan Upchurch
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Sunday, 01 October 2000 |
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One of the areas that gets short shrift from many DVD player reviews is
the actual usability of the players. Sure, some reviewers talk about
the layout of the remote, but only indirectly communicate usability
issues . . .
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DVD Benchmark - Part 5 - Progressive Scan DVD
DVD Benchmark - Part 5 - Progressive Scan DVD
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Written by Don Munsil and Brian Florian
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Sunday, 01 October 2000 |
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It has long been our feeling that one can learn much more about the
quality of a DVD player by watching lousy DVD movie material than you
can learn by watching great material. Great material tends to look fine
on just about every player . . .
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DVD Benchmark - Part 6 - DVD-Audio
DVD Benchmark - Part 6 - DVD-Audio
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Written by John Kotches, Don Munsil, Colin Miller, Brian Florian, and Stacey Spears
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In mid-2000, after a long delay for a variety of issues, DVD-Audio
(DVD-A) was given an inauspicious launch with the arrival of the first
DVD-Audio players. It's been over a year since the first players have
hit the market, and this marks our first foray into a background
article explaining the technology behind DVD-Audio . . .
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DVD Benchmark - Special Report
The Chroma Upsampling Error and The 4:2:0 Interlaced Chroma Problem
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Written by Don Munsil and Stacey Spears
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Sunday, 01 April 2001 |
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We first wrote about the Chroma Upsampling Error (CUE) back in April,
2001. At that time, we only told you half the story (because we had not
worked out the second half yet) . . .
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