Why is video inverted for transmission?

This is a discussion on Why is video inverted for transmission? within the Other Technologies forums in category; Jerry Avins jya@ieee.org posted to sci.electronics.design: > Jeff Liebermann wrote: > > ... > >> Do the math. The cable companies are not going to allow themselves >> to >> lose revenue. Their total receipts (gross income) is going to >> remain >> the same or they go out of business. So, ala carte programming >> allows >> you to pay for fewer channels. Fine, but with penetration >> bordering on saturation in most metro areas, the number of >> customers isn't going >> to change much. So, the price of each channel goes up to >> compensate, and your ...