On 29/01/2024 15:08, charles wrote:
> In article <
l1psas...@mid.individual.net>,
> Mark Carver <
ma...@invalid.com> wrote:
>> On 28/01/2024 20:24, Woody wrote:
>>> I I R C Sony TVs could not get sound on Channel 4?
>
>> There was a problem I recall, when in 1993 C4 moved from their analogue
>> distribution using dual channel sound in syncs, to a 34 Mb/s digital
>> distribution (also operated by BT) that that led to BT having to provide
>> NICAM coders as part of their termination equipment at the transmitter
>> sites.
>
>> It was some subtle effect that revolved around the LSB in the NICAM data
>> stream, and was something that Sony hadn't taken account of I think ?
>
>> It wasn't that there was no sound, it was far more subtle than that, and
>> didn't just affect Sony receivers.
>
>> Some receiver manufacturers had used UK off air NICAM broadcasts to
>> develop their decoders, rather than use the full published technical
>> spec. So what had worked properly for BBC and IBA broadcasts, suddenly
>> didn't when BT bought themselves some more recent equipment.
>
> That also happened years earlier with teletext.
And with PDC. Again manufacturers had used off air broadcasts and not
commands in the PDC spec, to those used by C4. Nothing invalid for
suited whatever playout system they were using. However some