Ah.  I read it somewhere, but do not remember where.  Apparently not
only were they wrong, but I've been spreading incorrect information...

At least I know now.  Thanks!

-Adam

Olin Lathrop wrote:

>>The not so nice thing about the american standard for TV is that the
>>bandwidth set aside for each channel was set aside based on the black
>>and white signals being sent at the time, and the thought that there
>>really wouldn't be that many stations broadcasting in one area at one
>>time. What this means is that a signal transmitting on a TV channel (say
>>3) will cause interferrence with a signal transmitting on an adjacent
>>channel (say 4) since the bandwith for a color signal is much larger
>>than a single channel.
>>
>
>Where do you get this stuff from!?  Yes, the 6MHz bandwidth was decided
>based on the black+white and vacuum tube technology of the time.  However,
>the color standard was deliberately made to fit in the same 6MHz bandwidth
>by giving away a little bit of horizontal spacial resolution.  This was
>actually a rather clever bit of engineering and an excellent lesson in
>applied signal processing.  There's lots of information out there
>describing the color broadcast TV standard, so I won't waste time
>explaining it again here.
>
>
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