Universal Remote Control DMS-AV TPS2000 Video Test Patterns

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Progressive Re-Processing (PReP®) is the industry’s first technology

designed specifically to improve progressive video signals by removing the

artifacts caused by inferior interlaced-to-progressive conversion. Video

signals that originate in the interlaced format used by most broadcasters

often suffer degradation when the signal is converted to the progressive

format required by digital displays. If this process is not done well, it results

in artifacts which will be amplified during scaling or other processing such

as detail enhancement. The patent-pending PReP technology addresses this

problem be reverting the progressive video signal to its original interlaced

format so that it can be reconverted to progressive using a higher-quality

deinterlacer.

The DMS-AV has two available options for PReP – Auto and Off. By default,

PReP is set to Off. This value can be set in the on-screen menu or the URC

Accelerator Application, in the Video Adjust section.

Video Test Patterns

The DMS-AV firmware includes eight video test patterns used to calibrate a

video display device. Typically, an external video test pattern generator is

required for professional display device setup. The DMS-AV provides access

to these patterns within the on-screen display, and also accessible via the

URC Accelerator Application.

The video test patterns available are:

‘Frame/Geometry’ test pattern is used to verify that the image is positioned

correctly on your display.

The ‘Brightness/Contrast’ test pattern will assist you in setting up both the

brightness (black level) and contrast (white level) of your display. The

‘Brightness/Contrast’ test pattern is composed of 4 quarter-screen blocks.

Two of the blocks have a background level of standard black and the other

two blocks have a background level of standard white.

Embedded in the black blocks are 3 bars. One is 4 IRE below black

(blacker-than-black), one is 1 IRE above black, and the third is 2 IRE above

black. Embedded in the white blocks are 3 bars. One is 1 IRE above white

(whiter-then-white), one is 1 IRE below white, and the third is 2 IRE below

white. The bottom two blocks differ slightly from these levels. For the

bottom two blocks, the

blacker-than-black is at the lowest possible luma level

and the whiter-than-white bar is at the highest possible luma level.

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