In last month's column, we introduced color-bar signals and took a look inside matrixed color-bar signals. This month concludes the two-part series on color bars with a look inside encoded color-bar ...

Occasionally, we get to catch a glimpse of the hidden tests that ensure our technology-infused world runs smoothly: color bars on TV or blocks of “lorem ipsum” gibberish text. There’s a fascinating ...

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Color bars signals are widely used and often misinterpreted. Their primary function is not, as is often supposed, the testing of transmission channels, but rather the precise alignment and checking of ...