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From: pete@valid.UUCP (Pete Zakel)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: MTS and Cable T.V. questions, comments
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Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 18:18:48 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  9 18:18:48 1986
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According to everything I have read, cable does not have the bandwidth for
carrying MTS signals.  However, when I tune in to channels 4 and 20 (which
both broadcast in stereo, 4 is network, 20 is independent) the "stereo"
light on my Sony SL-HF400 VCR comes on, the LEDs show a difference between
the left and right channel, and I can hear the stereo effect.  Channel
20, which is broadcast on cable on one of the cable channels, is quite
pleasant and noise free, whereas channel 4, which is broadcast on channel
4 on the cable, is quite noisy and irritating and I usually switch out the
MTS decoder.  I haven't yet talked to channel 4's technical people to find
out what gives, but the cable company person was quite surprised to find
that I received stereo at all.  She also said that they do not alter the
signal in any way, they just pass it along.

So what gives?  Is my cable company unique? Or am I only getting part of
the stereo information sent out by the television station?  And is there
any difference in bandwidth on the cable channels versus the normal channels --
as broadcast on the cable -- that would explain the differences between the
two tations' stereo quality?

-Pete Zakel (..!{hplabs,amd}!pesnta!valid!pete)