Auto Color via Vertical Interval Reference signal (was Re: [Tig] Image from Peter Swinson)

[Rob Lingelbach]

On Jan 13, 2007, at 7:46 , Ted Langdell wrote:


>
> The PAL system also has a VITS standard with insertion on specified  
> lines.
>
> I recall some television sets having an ambient light photocell on  
> the front that varied the light output from the CRT as room  
> conditions changed.
>
> Great fun to modulate the CRT by tapping your finger over the  
> sensor hole. A CRT pulsing Morse code or to music was briefly  
> entertaining... and could annoy others if that was your intent.

what I was thinking of I suppose was an updated version of VIRS/VITS  
that would include a more sophisticated ambient sensor, with  
communication back to the provider, with data for the corporations  
and the government about the situation in the viewing environment.    
I don't think any viewer wants to be labeled a potential te**orist,  
and this data could go a long way toward providing the government and  
its corporations with the reassurance of a docile viewing population,  
thereby making everyone happy.

Rob