Makes sense. > -----Original Message----- > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark Schubin > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 1:05 PM > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: CEA FORECASTS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS REVENUE > > > When the source luma and chroma are properly filtered, it's hard to mess > them up. The first full-bandwidth decoders were comb filters operating > on non-filtered luma and chroma. They, of course, were imperfect. > > TTFN, > Mark > > > Dale Kelly wrote: > > Mark Wrote: > > > >> If you envision the NTSC spectrum in three-dimensional space, luma is a > >> large, central octahedron. Chroma is smaller octahedra orbiting it. > >> It's only when you look at it in two dimensions that they appear to > >> interfere, just as the moon (or any other satellite) would appear to > >> occupy the same space as the earth when viewed in two dimensions. > >> > > > > Very interesting analogy Mark and I'm winging it here!: > > Perhaps if one hypothesized these spectral octahedra as being > somewhat akin > > to celestial objects and while not physically touching, had an > energy source > > that did overlap, such as gravity. Such an energy source would create > > "parasitic" distortions. > > > > The encoders interleave the luma and chroma energy and in a > perfect device, > > they would not occupy the same space and therefore would have no > > interaction. However, in reality, those energies encounter non > linearity's > > which do create secondary IM energies and which do result in distortion > > artifacts. My more simple assumption (something that I can understand > > anyway!) is that these newer encoders not only better control > the sources > > these distortions but also filter that energy which does exist - two > > dimensionally. > > > > Still pondering... > > Thanks, Dale > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark Schubin > >> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 11:43 AM > >> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: CEA FORECASTS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS REVENUE > >> > >> > >> If you envision the NTSC spectrum in three-dimensional space, luma is a > >> large, central octahedron. Chroma is smaller octahedra orbiting it. > >> It's only when you look at it in two dimensions that they appear to > >> interfere, just as the moon (or any other satellite) would appear to > >> occupy the same space as the earth when viewed in two dimensions. > >> > >> TTFN, > >> Mark > >> > >> > >> Dale Kelly wrote: > >> > >>> Must have trimmed down the sideband energy for those frequencies? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark Schubin > >>>> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 11:24 AM > >>>> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: CEA FORECASTS CONSUMER > ELECTRONICS REVENUE > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Dale Kelly wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Rather than using a bandpass filter I assume that > >>>>> the newer hardware allowed for notched filtering. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> It can be a lot fancier than that. The CDL Prism modulator, > >>>> > >> one of the > >> > >>>> first with full bandwidth, used two dimensional filtering of > both luma > >>>> and chroma to provide un-notched (but also non-interfering) full > >>>> bandwidth of each. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> TTFN, > >>>> Mark > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > >>>> > >>>> - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration > >>>> settings at FreeLists.org > >>>> > >>>> - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the > >>>> word unsubscribe in the subject line. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > >>> > >>> - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration > >>> > >> settings at FreeLists.org > >> > >>> - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > >>> > >> the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > >> > >>> > >>> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > >> > >> - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration > >> settings at FreeLists.org > >> > >> - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the > >> word unsubscribe in the subject line. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration > settings at FreeLists.org > > > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration > settings at FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the > word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.