HQV Benchmark 2.0 is an updated version of the original tool and it consists of various video clips and test patterns which are designed to evaluate motion correction, de-interlacing, decoding, noise reduction, detail enhancement and film cadence detection.
There are two versions of the program, standard definition on DVD and high definition on BluRay. As our audience will be concentrating on HD content, so will we.
This has a total of 39 video tests which is increased from 23 in the original and the scoring is also up from a total of 130 to 210. As hardware and software gets more complicated, the software has been tuned to make sure we can thoroughly maximise our analysis.
Read our initial analysis over here.
Gigabyte E350N USB 3 | |
Dial
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4 |
Dial with static pattern | 5 |
Gray Bars | 5 |
Violin | 5 |
Stadium 2:2 | 5 |
Stadium 3:2 | 5 |
Horizontal Text Scroll | 5 |
Vertical Text Scroll | 5 |
Transition to 3:2 Lock | 5 |
Transition to 2:2 Lock | 0 |
2:2:2:4 24 FPS DVCAM Video
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5 |
2:3:3:2 24 FPS DVCam Video
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5 |
3:2:3:2:2 24 FOS Vari-Speed
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5 |
5:5 FPS Animation
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5 |
6:4 12 FPS Animation
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5 |
8:7 8 FPS Animation
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5 |
Interlace Chroma Problem (ICP)
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5 |
Chroma Upsampling Error (CUE)
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5 |
Random Noise: Sailboat
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5 |
Random Noise: Flower
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5 |
Random Noise: Sunrise
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5 |
Random Noise: Harbour Night
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5 |
Scrolling Text
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3 |
Roller Coaster
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3 |
Ferris Wheel
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3 |
Bridge Traffic
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3 |
Text Pattern/ Scrolling Text
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3 |
Roller Coaster
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3 |
Ferris Wheel
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5 |
Bridge Traffic
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5 |
Luminance Frequency Bands
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5 |
Chrominance Frequency Bands
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5 |
Vanishing Text | 5 |
Resolution Enhancement
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15 |
Theme Park
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5 |
Driftwood | 2 |
Ferris Wheel
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3 |
Skin Tones
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7 |
Total | 179 |
This Gigabyte E350N USB 3 system delivers high quality video that’s a measurable 60% better than the scores we achieved with Intel’s HD video engine when we tested it, back in June last year.
I keep meaning to pick one of these up, but I think ill opt for the passively cooled asus model,. seems a better long term option. no fans, always a good thing
Are there any other passively cooled fusion boards out? that asus board is great, but its a small fortune. surely some other company has a passive one out at less money? its hard to even get stock here at all.
IT has to be passive for me if I was getting one, and the only one ive seen is ASUS, who used a massive cooler over the whole PCB basically…….
Im waiting for their quad core designs, these are rather boring, just like a better Atom. good idea, but I need more power,e ven for media system
I like thier motherboards, but passive would have been a better option. I would love to know what the temps would increase to if the fan was disabled inside a decent cooled case? possible ?
Those boards looks nice as a “mom” / grandparents PC…
Hmm putting more of these pages together would help .. also def compare it to an atom/ion system. I do like this for both a Future HTPC and NAS. Just have to get a Freeview HD tuner, and 3 x3.5 hd and a nice case, one that wont revolt my eyes every time I look at it. Do they have full Mythbuntu drivers? resume from s1,s2.s3 properly? If so I’m set.