German testing and measurement firm Rohde & Schwarz introduced at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention here last month its Professional Test DVD suite of signals for testing DVD players. The collection of professional test patterns and data streams is designed for use in audio, video and EMC measurements in development and conformance testing as well as for objective testing of video and audio signals.

Featuring over 250 different video and audio sequences on two video DVDs and an audio DVD, the suite also includes two other DVDs that provide different data streams for measuring the reliability of systems with DVD components.

Specific test sequences used in combination with testing and measurement equipment from Rohde & Schwarz allows automatic test evaluations.

You can visit the Rohde & Schwarz website here.