zvbi: ZVBI (Television Vertical Blanking Interval) zvbi: zvbi: The vertical blanking interval (VBI) is an interval in a television zvbi: signal that temporarily suspends transmission of the signal for the zvbi: electron gun to move back up to the first line of the television zvbi: screen to trace the next screen field. The vertical blanking interval zvbi: can be used to carry data, since anything sent during the VBI would zvbi: naturally not be displayed; various test signals, closed captioning, zvbi: and other digital data can be sent during this time period. zvbi: zvbi: