#What is Bcast Quality
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Yes, but, having a signal that meets the technical specs for being a legal
signal in my opinion in no way defines it as "broadcast quality". Look at some
of the videos that are shown on "America's funniest home video's" show. Some of
them were obviously done with poor quality VHS equipment and while the network
got the signal up to legal standards, the visual quality is terrible and I
wouldn't call it broadcast quality, broadcast legal maybe but not up to the
"quality" standard.
I agree with you, the spec only indicates what the signal needs to be in
order to be considered "Broadcast Quality". I believe that term is
extremely overused and says absolutely nothing about the quality of the
content of the program. What type of "production values" were used or even
if it was created by a professional communicator. After all it's just
light and sound right! <VBG>
Cheers,
Stan
Larry,
I think we're talking different things. Your definition of quality is measured
by your own eyes. Video signal provides the full bandwidth (the framework) but
your work may not take advantage of it (the video). Just like I can do an all
B/W movie on a color TV and it can still be of broadcasting quality. The only
thing odd is that C signal in this video is all black. It is just the way I
produce the video. Likewise, I can add noise filter, add distortion, cut the
frames and put them randomly to make it looks jumpy, do disco dance while
taking the shot, do any nasty things to make your eyes feel sorry when seeing
my video. My intention is to make sure all the images inside my video look
really bad when it gets broadcast. However, the video itself can still be of
'broadcast quality' because all the little dot in each frame has a size and
color fidelity within the scope defined by the standard.
It is correct to say those "The funniest American Home Made TV" are NOT
broadcast quality according to your standard. In fact, in here, these kinds of
v-8 tapes will must first be converted in order to pass the regulation for the
signal standard, not to mention the quality standard defined by picture
resolution and color fedility. Please check Pat O'Brien's detail comment in a
previous mail about what is called "Broadcast Quality" defined by your FCC.
Glad to know every country defines a similar standard so that we don't have to
tune our TV set everyday or before every TV show that we will see.
–Vincent Chen