Development of a Prototype Studio-Quality Component Analog VTR

Thomas M. Gurley, Carl J. Haslett

The component analog VTR is the key to the component analog studio, viewed by many as a stepping-stone between today's composite studio and the all-digital studio of tomorrow. A component analog VTR provides the user with the overall benefits of component video, in addition to unique recording benefits such as better color noise and moiré performance. It also helps to satisfy the requirement for higher quality in today's increasingly sophisticated television productions. A prototype system, using a modified 1-in. Type-C studio VTR, has been successfully demonstrated to the TV industry. In this system, the luminance and two color-difference signals are time-compressed and multiplexed into one active TV-line time, resulting in a signal with twice the normal bandwidth.

Print ISSN: 0036-1682
Published: 1984-10
Content type: Original Research
DOI: 10.5594/J03450