Tektronix, which claims to be the industry leader in video test, measurement, and monitoring has announced the world's first fully-automated component analogue video signal analyser that measures high-definition, progressive scan, and PC format signals.

The product will benefit consumer video equipment manufacturers, video network operators and others that require fast and repeatable testing. An official release informs that consumer electronics designers are incorporating advanced television signal formats and need to quickly and accurately test their products' ability to support these signals.

The new Tektronix VM5000HD automated video measurement set provides users with a fully automated system that saves time, speeds development, and improves product quality by simplifying and standardising testing. The VM5000HD provides fast, accurate, and repeatable video measurements in 1080i, 720p, 480p, and SXGA formats utilising multiple industry-standard video parameters, without the need for complicated instrument set-ups, algorithm selection, time-consuming manual measurements or tedious results correlation.

With a single push of the button, the VM5000HD can make 100 different parametric measurements in eight specific test categories within 10 seconds so that product performance can be objectively and reliably assessed. Combining the power and speed of automated measurement with ease-of-use and detailed results documentation, the VM5000HD can serve as the single standardised measurement tool across development teams, manufacturing lines and customer testing facilities-allowing organisations to simplify and standardise their test methodologies.