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High-Definition Television (HDTV) Mainboard and Display Testing

"By choosing off-the-shelf hardware modules from National Instruments and building an application using LabVIEW and NI TestStand, we built the functional test system in 12 days time and exceeded the expectation of our customer."

- Senthil Raj Desappan - Apna Technologies & Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

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The latest high-definition displays such as high-definition televisions (HDTVs) and LED displays contain some of the most complex signal processing found in consumer electronics. With support for 240 Hz refresh rates, 48-bit deep color, 3D content, and 4k2k resolution, these devices require extensive processing to de-interlace, upscale, decode, and unpack content being distributed by other multimedia devices.

Growing consumer expectations for these devices combined with a market that continues to drive down consumer cost creates interesting challenges for engineers in validation and production test to lower test costs without sacrificing product quality.

Use the resources (customer case studies, technical tutorials, and data sheets) on this site to learn how NI and Certified National Instruments Alliance Partner Alfamation solutions based on PXI and NI LabVIEW can help you test the latest high-definition displays faster, cheaper, and with higher quality.


National Instruments modular hardware and configurable software tools can help you create lower cost and higher throughput solutions for your high-definition display test applications.

Learn how to use National Instruments and Alfamation tools to build a complete functional test system for HDTV mainboards as well as glass displays. The following tutorials explain key strategies for architecting test solutions for HDTV mainboards as well as analog and digital video fundamentals. Use these resources to help you get started designing your test system.

National Instruments also has certified NI Alliance Partners that can develop a turnkey, multi-UUT test system specific to your application. To learn more, contact your local NI field engineer.

HDTV Mainboard and Display Test System

Learn about this automated test system for HDTV mainboard audio and video quality and analyzing displays for dead pixels.

  • Validate mainboard and display independently to eliminate rework
  • Test multiple devices in parallel for high-throughput applications
  • Analyze the latest HDMI 1.4 capabilities including 3D, 4k2k, and 240 Hz content

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Certified National Instruments Alliance Partners

Learn about National Instruments Alliance Partners and integrators that NI works with directly to provide services and support for multimedia device testing. These partners can deliver turnkey solutions to meet your measurement performance and throughput requirements.

Industry Trends

  • HDMI 1.4 capabilities including HDCP, 4K2K resolution, and 3D content
  • Perceived video quality measurements for automated test
  • Parallel test of multiple mainboards and displays to reduce test cost


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