#waveform monitor

[commodorez]

New piece of test equipment for the workbench:

Tektronix 1730 Waveform Monitor

Now I can monitor all the waveforms. Just need to find a 1720 Vectorscope to go with it...

[markgee85]

# **“Basic Waveform Monitoring”** **This video was transferred from a 1987 VHS cassette. Relatively few of my video editor colleagues today

# **“Basic Waveform Monitoring”** **This video was transferred from a 1987 VHS cassette. Relatively few of my video editor colleagues today

[scottvansketches]

The Tektronix 528A waveform monitor lives again! Huzzah!

[commodorez]

Recently, someone was asking me about dedicated waveform monitors for verifying video signals. In a pinch, if you don't have a waveform monitor (like me), you can use an oscilloscope to the same end. Here's my Tektronix 2445B showing a simplified set of 75% NTSC color bars. Trigger the scope on the falling edge of the back porch within the signal, and adjust scale and timebase from there.

I'd love to find a calibrated rack mount set of 1720 and 1730 models from Tektronix, as they're a quintessential pair of dedicated waveform/vectorscopes for broadcast signal analysis from the good ol' days.

[processzine-org]

signal // noise — CRT + Vector | test 03

Sony Hi8 CCD-TR680E → Electronic Visuals EV4061 (waveform monitor) → Goodmans C210 (CRT TV)

First live test of the EV4061: signals pulled through the Hi8 tape path and re-emitted in green stripes of pure waveform language. Simultaneous output to CRT provides recursive contrast—sine hum vs scanline fuzz.

Next step: record direct to VHS, bypassing CRT, to explore tape glitches, signal decay, and tracking artefacts. The analogue stack keeps growing. The ghosts are getting closer.

[arcadebroke]

[editors-learning-source]

Using a Waveform Monitor for Color Correction

Learn how to make use of the waveform monitor to grade your shots more accurately.