Controls Reference
Analog TV Simulator models the complete analogue broadcast chain from first principles. Every slider and switch corresponds to a real physical component or circuit. This reference explains the physics behind each control, how they interact, and how to verify they are working correctly.
Camera tube selection (Vidicon, Plumbicon, Image Orthicon, Newvicon), temporal lag, highlight bloom, burn-in retention and IO halo.
Camera controls →TV standard (NTSC/PAL/SECAM/MAC/B&W), black & white mode, dot crawl, Hanover bars, ringing and signal domain mode.
Signal controls →Format (VHS/Betamax/U-matic/Betacam SP/Hi8), tracking, dropout, generation loss, chroma phase noise, skew and flutter.
VCR controls →Multipath ghosting, hum bars, co-channel interference, impulse noise, IF ringing, yoke ringing and scan velocity modulation.
RF controls →Intercarrier audio standard, broadcast test tones (BBC 400 Hz, SMPTE 1 kHz), intercarrier buzz and VCR audio mode.
Audio controls →Saturation, hue/tint, brightness, contrast and vertical hold — the front-panel controls of the television set.
Receiver controls →Phosphor type (P22/P31/P4/P3…), shadow mask, scanlines, bloom, halation, curvature, convergence drift and KVN water-lens.
CRT controls →The signal flows left to right through seven stages. Each stage degrades and transforms the picture in ways that are physically grounded — the artefacts are not stylised overlays. They emerge from the simulated signal itself, just as they did in real hardware.
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Every control in this reference reflects a physical component or circuit. Physics-accurate, from first principles.