H.264 Sarnoff Compliance Bitstreams establish the benchmark standard for testing of Digital Video Decoders

PRINCETON, N.J. – September 12, 2006 – Sarnoff Corporation announced today the public launch of the H.264 Sarnoff Compliance Bitstreams,
a video syntax testing system that provides real-time, automated
compliance testing of next-generation H.264/AVC digital video decoders
in digital/high definition television (DTV/HDTV) receivers and cable
and satellite TV converters. H.264 Compliance Bitstreams continue
Sarnoff’s decade-long success in developing industry-standard, Emmy® award-winning compliance testing tools that drive products to market quickly.

The Sarnoff Bitstreams for H.264 provide accelerated validation, and
patent-pending visibility enhancement techniques that make errors
obvious to the human viewer, even with filtering or post-processing.
The high-performance products complete tests in just seconds that would
take hours or days by traditional methods.

"H.264 streams are custom built to test products fast and
accurately," said Hans Baumgartner, product manager for Sarnoff
Compliance Bitstreams. "The product makes errors extremely easy to
detect and simplifies testing of decoders through their entire life
cycle, from simulation to integrated product. Manufacturers will be
able to get their error-free product to market more quickly than
competitors."

The H.264 Compliance Bitstreams are available in a Rapid Type and
Visual Type. The Rapid Type is designed for software or automated
verification, requiring the capture and observation of only the final
frame of the video to confirm compliance with each test. The Visual
Type extends the title and verification sections of the bitstream to
allow for easy visual verification of complete products.

H.264 Compliance Bitstreams are available in a variety of popular
video formats including 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i, 576i and custom
formats. Mobile formats in smaller display sizes are also available.

The H.264 Bitstreams join a complete line of Sarnoff compliance
testing products and services for MPEG-1, MPEG-2, ATSC, OpenCable™,
Closed Captioning, PSIP Program Guides, Digital V-Chip, and picture
quality.

Information is available at sarnoff.com/products/compliance-bitstreams

For media information contact:
Lou Ann Wingerter
609-734-2863
lwingerter@sarnoff.com

About Sarnoff Corporation

Sarnoff Corporation produces innovations in electronic, video and vision technologies that generate successful new products and services for our government and commercial clients
worldwide. Founded in 1942 as RCA Laboratories, Sarnoff makes
continuous breakthroughs in ICs, lasers, imaging and sensing devices;
biomedical diagnostics; digital TV and video for security, surveillance
and entertainment; high-performance networking; and wireless
communications. Sarnoff is a subsidiary of SRI International.