http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/26/test-pattern-tv-cozy/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:24:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/26/test-pattern-tv-cozy/comment-page-1/#comment-816071 JET Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:27:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/26/test-pattern-tv-cozy/#comment-816071 Affect. Plus Feng Shui is pure bunk, as Penn & Teller so beautifully proved in that now-classic episode of Bullshit!. Affect. Plus Feng Shui is pure bunk, as Penn & Teller so beautifully proved in that now-classic episode of Bullshit!.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/26/test-pattern-tv-cozy/comment-page-1/#comment-815636 tvgurl Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:16:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/26/test-pattern-tv-cozy/#comment-815636 Actually, the test pattern as pictured here has nothing to do with the Emergency Broadcast System (now known as the Emergency Alert System). 'Bars' (or SMPTE bars) as this test pattern is known in the TV industry are present at the beginning of most recordings so that the master control operator at a station can make sure what they are putting out over the airwaves is true in color. 'Tone' is the audio portion of what is sent out while 'bars' are present and 'tone' does sound very much like the 'alert signal' sent out during an EBS test. Bars and tone are what went out over the air after hours, when a station had concluded it's broadcast day, back when the networks did not air programs overnight. Actually, the test pattern as pictured here has nothing to do with the Emergency Broadcast System (now known as the Emergency Alert System). ‘Bars’ (or SMPTE bars) as this test pattern is known in the TV industry are present at the beginning of most recordings so that the master control operator at a station can make sure what they are putting out over the airwaves is true in color. ‘Tone’ is the audio portion of what is sent out while ‘bars’ are present and ‘tone’ does sound very much like the ‘alert signal’ sent out during an EBS test. Bars and tone are what went out over the air after hours, when a station had concluded it’s broadcast day, back when the networks did not air programs overnight.

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