I'm a little confused as to where the output is, but I'd say its either a
video scrambler or a descrambler. MUNGED looks like a scrambled signal in
that the horizontal sync pulse (front porch, sync tip, back porch, and
presumably color burst) are "pushed up" into the video field, but only for
the non-vertical sync portion of the field.
TV's cannot distinguish the horitonal sync from the video content, and that
results in 'tearing' of the image. However, its important that the field be
understood during the VITS interval so that the video decrambler can receive
the digital information on which channels to descramble.
The descramblers frequently use the stereo pilot (modified from 19KHz to
15750Hz (or so, I forget)), which is transmitted synchronous with the
horizontal sync from the original video feed and use it to "push down" the
horitontal sync back into place.
Am I Right? Do I win a prize!!! :~)
Dana