Faroudja and MadOnion.com to Develop Video Benchmark

MadOnion.com (http://www.madonion.com) announced the release of Video2000, a video benchmark that objectively measures the video quality, features and performance of desktop video streams.

Video2000 was developed in cooperation with Faroudja Inc.

The benchmark enables users to evaluate the quality, feature set and performance of the video-playback capabilities of their personal computer.

"Faroudja, a world leader in high performance video processing technologies, was the ideal partner, enabling MadOnion.com to deliver the industry's first measurement tool for desktop video streaming," said Nathan Harley, Vice President of Marketing, MadOnion.com.

"MadOnion.com's release of an objective measurement tool for PC video quality will help manufacturers and consumers understand and appreciate the basic building blocks of high quality video," said Dr. Nikhil Balram, Faroudja's Vice President of Advanced Technology.

Video2000 features include: image quality tests, graphics, bus and memory performance tests, and CPU-performance tests.

Video2000 is available for free at MadOnion.com. A Professional Version will be available at a later date and will be priced at $29.99.