Jian Yang and I proposed putting BPSK on a quadrature video carrier a decade or so ago, when we worked at Samsung's AML Lab. Some patents issued. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Hollandsworth" <holl_ands@xxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:18 AM Subject: [opendtv] Re: Disney to Sell Moviebeam > The www.dotcast.com website described adding a reduced level QAM carrier onto the visual carrier. > They claim that since it is "in-quadrature" to the video signal, it would result in essentially zero signal at the output of an NTSC detector. > Seems to work similiar to how the in-phase portion of a QPSK data signal will not be seen by a quadrature detector and vice versa. > > Hence it is not in the vertical blanking interval, nor is it "between" the Visual and Aural carriers. > It's yet another signal that is added onto the Visual carrier. > > Very clever scheme.....or Kludge....in either case it's days are numbered. > > <holl_ands> > > ============================================================== > Doug McDonald <mcdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > John Shutt wrote: > >The press release said unused portions of the television spectrum, not > >unused portions of the television picture. MovieBeam is/was not based on > >vertical interval blanking. It was based on placing digital information in > >the spaces between the Visual and Aural carriers. > > > >www.dotcast.com > > > > > > > That web site implies that TV sets use some sort of synchronous (PLL?) > detection of the > video. Huh? I've never seen a TV schematic that did not use a plain > diode detector. Of course, > I stopped looking before ICs arrived. What the web page describes is a > kludge QAM > system. > > Doug McDonald > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! for Good > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.