From: JosephKK on
On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 21:38:33 -0800 (PST), mike3 <mike4ty4(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Jan 9, 10:16 pm, a7yvm109gf...(a)netzero.com wrote:
>> On Jan 9, 5:09 pm, mike3 <mike4...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hmm. But how about not only extracting the sync but also removing
>> > it from the green line to get a pure green signal? In other words,
>> > have
>> > something where the input is the green+sync, the outputs horizontal
>> > and vertical sync and also pure green component (no sync)?
>>
>> Clamp the black level and subtract it from the video, this will bring
>> the video down by the 0.3V (IIRC) of the usual black level, but like
>> John said, why?
>> It makes the circuit complex and you don't see the syncs anyways so
>> why remove them?
>
>Because I need to use this with monitors that do not support sync on
>green. None of the monitors I have are listed as supporting sync on
>green, and I think there aren't many models of monitors that actually
>do,
>are there? I've got an HNC AH191A monitor and Acer X223W, neither
>of which ring up anything when searching for them plus "sync on green"
>on Google. I don't want to get rid of the sync, just split it off into
>separate
>lines, like the monitor requires, and send it a pure green signal down
>its
>green port, as it requires. That is, to make a thingy that takes in
>the
>combined green+sync signal in one end and yields horizontal, vertical,
>and pure green component signals out the other.

Recover the separate sync and leave the green plus sync alone. It is NOT
during displayable time; it is "blacker than black" (gun cutoff). It is
not visible and will not hurt the monitor.