4Synchronizing Signals
Video images are generated from a source, such as a camera or computer, and viewed on a device, such as a monitor. In order for the viewed image to be seen in exactly the same way and the same time frame as the generated or original image, there has to be a method for synchronizing the elements of the image. Synchronizing an image is a critical part of the video process.
Synchronizing Signals
As video moves from source to monitor, it is a series of electrical impulses. Whether analog or digital, by wire, fiber optic or through the air, the pulses that make up the picture follow each other one after the other. If you could freeze time then look at individual points along the signal path, you could measure individual voltages ...
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