Salut James,
 JB>> What's the deal with this NICAM?
 NB>> NICAM is used in the United Kingdom, It is a Digital audio signal
 NB>> qhich is transmitted along with the Video signal, So TV sound here is
 NB>> CD quality!
NICAM is not CD-quality. NICAM is companded. (Digital audio is not a synonym 
for cd-quality.)
 JB> That sounds like an ideal dynamic process. On playback, it does decode
 JB> the signal doesn't it? In other words, it is not a single ended process?
NICAM is _only_ used in broadcast. It is decoded by the tuner, _not_ stored 
on tape.
bye ....
         Joe
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