Encoding Y,I,Q component estimates of an NTSC composite signal

Several new techniques for reducing the entropy of a Y,I,Q component digital transmission are presented. A discussion of each technique is presented along with objective and subjective analysis. For a set of four test pictures, the average Y,I,Q entropy/pixel was reduced by nearly 80 percent. An initial component system entropy of 11.08 bits/pixel was reduced to 2.33 bits/pixel. Although exact numeric results are dependent on the separation technique used, the methods presented may be applied to systems using other component separation methods.