<You could try an emitter follower (but you'd have to arrange suitable <supply rails, since you've got a video signal that goes above and below <ground. Or an Elantec EL2001 (ditto about the supply rails). Are you sure <the video signal really goes -ve wrt ground ? (anyone want to <confirm/deny this?) the signals do not go below ground. They are driven from pin 6 on the 1861 <sync> through 3.3k to junction of another resitor 1k from pin 7 <video> and then are tied to a resistor 200ohm to ground the composite video comes below ground referenced. An emitter follower would work but, there is the little problem of the .6-.7V offset <Vbe> that has to be taken care of. Pulling that juntion positive with a resistor in the range of 680-1600 ohms may satisfy that. Allison