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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Stereo TV
Message-ID: <309@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 22:00:11 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 12 22:00:11 1985
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Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
Organization: Nicolet Instrument Corp. Madison WI
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In article <668@terak.UUCP> doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) writes:
>> They have very little programming in stereo, so I haven't run out the
>> get the MPX decoder from my local dealer.
>
>I haven't run out to buy an MPX-stereo TV either.  My cable company
>doesn't carry the stereo signal, and they aren't planning to.  If the
>pressure for stereo gets high enough, they'll put it on FM (a la MTV),
>not MPX.  I believe nearly all cable companies are doing the same.

I think I should correct this now before it gets out-of-hand.  The correct
term for the new stereo TVs is MTS (Multi-channel Televison Sound), not
MPX (Multi-PleX).  What the first gentleman should have said was that he
wasn't going to run out and get a MTS decoder that plugs into his MPX jack.
Some TVs, including one of them that I have, have a MPX jack on the back
of the set.  This is the tap point in the audio circuitry before the FM
de-modulator.  This is the baseband audio before any decoding takes place.

We should all be a little careful on how we describe these things.

As a side note, my local cable company doesn't know what they are going to
do.  One station of four has gone stereo, another one will this fall and a
third will next year.  Don't know about the fourth yet.  Anyway, our local
cable company doesn't know if they are going to get MTS transmission encoders
and/or go FM stereo.  If they go FM stereo, more people will just tap into
the cable and hook up the FM for free.  Around here it is considered a
second set connection.  No extra income for expenses.  Now, if they go the
MTS route, they definately won't get any extra money for the expense.  But,
when the local stations are all stereo, who would want to get cable when
the stereo TVs they own won't get stereo on cable, but will off the air.
Time will tell on this one.  Oh, the first local station to go stereo is
apparently going to help with the cost of putting the MTS signal onto the
cable, ie, they are going to MTS encode it at the TV station and ship it
back to the cable company all ready to go.  All of our local stations are
directly connected to the stations, so if the TV transmitter dies, those
on cable still get picture and sound.
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