Chapter 4. Video Interfaces
Analog video interfaces
Definitions
For years, the primary video signal used by the consumer market has been composite NTSC or PAL video. Attempts have been made to support S-video, but, until recently, it has been largely limited to S-VHS VCRs and high-end televisions. However, with the introduction of DVD players, digital set-top boxes, and DTV, there has been renewed interest in providing high-quality video to the consumer market. These devices not only support very high-quality composite and S-video signals, but many of them also allow the option of using analog R′G′B′ or YPbPr video. In this section, we will cover analog video interfaces. First we'll define some terms used in this section.
VBI, or vertical ...
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