The TI family of video decoders offers a VBI raw data mode for use in systems where VBI data slicing and processing is handled in the digital backend receiver instead of the video decoder. In this mode of operation the decoders are configured to output raw 2x oversampled luma data on the ITU-R BT.656 output during the defined VBLK (vertical blanking) interval. The raw unsliced A/D video data is