BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE: TEK), a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced the MTS400 Series Compressed Video Test System that provides the unique CaptureVu(TM) ability to automatically monitor, analyze and debug live and deferred time video transport streams. The MTS400 Series also provides the highest performance analysis engine on the market, along with real time Video over IP monitoring, analysis and recording support for broadband video and Video on Demand applications. The MTS400 provides fast time to problem resolution on video transport streams.

Compressed video standards are becoming more sophisticated, and the transition to High Definition requires the analysis of increasingly more complex transport streams at higher bit rates. With a new program-centric Graphical User-Interface, the Tektronix MTS400 Series enables both developers and evaluators of compressed video equipment to quickly isolate and investigate protocol faults. The MTS400 Series provides the most extensive collection of test and analysis packages in one product, offering monitoring and analysis of live and file-based compressed video including MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264 and VC-1. For the first time, broadcasters, network operators and equipment manufacturers will be able to rapidly gain insight into intermittent system faults that directly impact broadcast quality and time to market.

"The MTS400 Series enables customers to achieve new levels of productivity by significantly reducing the time required to analyze large and complex MPEG transport stream files," said Todd Biddle, Vice President, Video Product Line, Tektronix, Inc. "With the new CaptureVu capabilities, equipment manufacturers and network operators can for the first time pinpoint and resolve compressed video transport stream problems in real-time. Offering unmatched performance for users testing and implementing compressed video technology, the MTS400 Series is the most complete solution available for the creation, playback, capture, analysis, and modification of compressed digital video. This will have a significant impact on improving productivity."

Tektronix Inc.