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Why is video inverted for transmission?

Started by Green Xenon [Radium] September 19, 2007
"glen herrmannsfeldt"  wrote ...
> Richard Crowley wrote: > > (snip) > >> When it comes right down to it, ALL analog video is AC >> coupled. Through many stages of electronics, to be sure, >> but even if all the electronics were DC coupled, the trip >> through the air (or written to and read back from a tape) >> is AC coupled. > > On tape, luminance is usually an FM signal, which could be > considered to preserve DC. (If you are careful with the > calibration.)
Right. But even professional equipment relied on downstream DC restoration and/or clamping rather than absolute accuracy of the FM calibration.
"Mark" <makolber@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> Some distant day in the US is Feb 17, 2009.
Looks like it's really going to happen this time too -- all the analog TV boxes now have the, "Warning! This TV will stop receiving over-the-air broadcast in 2009!" stickers on them these days.
"Mark" <makolber@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> Some distant day in the US is Feb 17, 2009.
Looks like it's really going to happen this time too -- all the analog TV boxes now have the, "Warning! This TV will stop receiving over-the-air broadcast in 2009!" stickers on them these days.
"Mark" <makolber@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:1190316861.873947.152340@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Some distant day in the US is Feb 17, 2009.
Looks like it's really going to happen this time too -- all the analog TV boxes now have the, "Warning! This TV will stop receiving over-the-air broadcast in 2009!" stickers on them these days.
"Mark" <makolber@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:1190316861.873947.152340@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Some distant day in the US is Feb 17, 2009.
Looks like it's really going to happen this time too -- all the analog TV boxes now have the, "Warning! This TV will stop receiving over-the-air broadcast in 2009!" stickers on them these days.
"Mark" <makolber@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:1190316861.873947.152340@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Some distant day in the US is Feb 17, 2009.
Looks like it's really going to happen this time too -- all the analog TV boxes now have the, "Warning! This TV will stop receiving over-the-air broadcast in 2009!" stickers on them these days.
"Mark" <makolber@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:1190316861.873947.152340@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Some distant day in the US is Feb 17, 2009.
Looks like it's really going to happen this time too -- all the analog TV boxes now have the, "Warning! This TV will stop receiving over-the-air broadcast in 2009!" stickers on them these days.
"Mark" <makolber@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:1190316861.873947.152340@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Some distant day in the US is Feb 17, 2009.
Looks like it's really going to happen this time too -- all the analog TV boxes now have the, "Warning! This TV will stop receiving over-the-air broadcast in 2009!" stickers on them these days.
"Mark" <makolber@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:1190316861.873947.152340@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Some distant day in the US is Feb 17, 2009.
Looks like it's really going to happen this time too -- all the analog TV boxes now have the, "Warning! This TV will stop receiving over-the-air broadcast in 2009!" stickers on them these days.
"Mark" <makolber@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:1190316861.873947.152340@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Some distant day in the US is Feb 17, 2009.
Looks like it's really going to happen this time too -- all the analog TV boxes now have the, "Warning! This TV will stop receiving over-the-air broadcast in 2009!" stickers on them these days.