mikey@trsvax.UUCP (12/27/84)
Does anyone on the net know anything about the proposed format for the networks broadcasting in stereo? The latest info that I got is that NBC has been sporadically broadcasting stereo of the Tonight Show since July 26, and that ABC only broadcast selected cuts of the Olmypics in stereo. I know that PBS is planning on nationwide stereo before the end of 85. I just bought a Beta HiFi. It doesn't make sense to me to go buy a stereo TV receiver. I'm going to run raw video to my TV (after I gut the tuner, which is shot anyway). Since the Beta will always be set to channel 3 output, I want to make a separate decoder box so I can run the stereo signals into the Beta in the simulcast mode and to the audio amplifier for listening. So far I haven't been able to find anything out about the format of the encoding. Most people I've talked to THINK it is either similar to or the same as FM stereo. If not the same, just a different pilot frequency with extended frequency response. Does ANYBODY know? mikey at trsvax KA5MJQ