CH> Tuners in most mono VCR's demodulate the signal, then re-send it out
 CH> over their outputs.  The converters also don't have the bandwidth to
 CH> pass the complete MTS stereo signal.  It will not decode anyway.  Now,
 CH> as to newer mono VCR's, I don't know.  That would need some
 CH> experimentation. :-)
okay, i wasn't sure if when they were converting the signal they would just 
take "channel 21" and move it to channel 3, or if they would take the video 
from channel 21, move it to 3, take the audio, and combine it with channel 
3's video.
 CH> The MTS encoding employs sub-carriers and dBX noise reduction on those
 CH> sub-carriers.  Those sub-carriers get filtered out on older Mono VCR's.
okay. :) what is the MTS encoding anyways? a better stereo signal to be able 
to handle pro-logic stuff (the different phases etc) or some other format?
ttyl, greg
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