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Myson-Century Technology
TV Decoder
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Analog NTSC/PAL decoders have been around for some time. However, they have been difficult to use, required adjustment and offered limited video quality. Using digital techniques to implement NTSC/ PAL decoding offers many advantages, such as ease of use, minimum analog adjustments and excellent video quality. The use of digital circuitry also enables the design of much more robust and sophisticate Y/C separator and genlock implementations. The quality of Y/C separation plays a major role in the overall video quality generated by the decoder. However, S-video uses separate Y and C analog video signals so higher quality may be maintained by eliminating the composite endoding and decoding processes.