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    NTSC (from National Television Standards Committee) is the first American standard for analog television, published in 1941. In 1961, it was assigned the...
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    NTSC-J or "System J" is the informal designation for the analogue television standard used in Japan. The system is based on the US NTSC (NTSC-M) standard...
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    PAL (section PAL vs. NTSC)
    one of three major analogue colour television standards, the others being NTSC and SECAM. In most countries it was broadcast at 625 lines, 50 fields (25...
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    SMPTE color bars are a television test pattern used where the NTSC video standard is utilized, including countries in North America. The Society of Motion...
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    in that particular region, such as NTSC and PAL, although from the early 1990s PAL machines increasingly offered NTSC playback. DVDs are less restricted...
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    NTSC-C is a regional lockout created in 2003 by Sony Computer Entertainment for the official launch of its PlayStation 2 gaming system into the mainland...
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  • Regional lockout (redirect from NTSC-US)
    only supporting certain regional technologies (such as video formats, i.e., NTSC and PAL). A regional lockout may be enforced for several reasons, such as...
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  • Tint control (redirect from NTSC Tint)
    Because the NTSC color television standard relies on the absolute phase of the color information, color errors occur when the phase of the video signal...
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    SMPTE timecode (redirect from NTSC timecode)
    timecode originates from a compromise introduced when color NTSC video was invented. The NTSC designers wanted to retain compatibility with existing monochrome...
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    play" (EP) or "super long play" (SLP) (standard on NTSC; rarely found on PAL machines). For NTSC, LP and EP/SLP double and triple the recording time...
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    and usually paired with NTSC color. This association explains why 480i is sometimes inaccurately called "NTSC", even though NTSC only exists in the analog...
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    and 480i (with 480 interlaced lines of resolution, based on the American NTSC system). SDTV refresh rates are 25, 29.97 and 30 frames per second, again...
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  • Film-out (redirect from Film Out (NTSC))
    depending on the regional standard of the master videotape in question – NTSC, PAL, or SECAM – or likewise on the several emerging region-independent formats...
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    of the NTSC system. PAL's color encoding is similar to the NTSC systems. SECAM, though, uses a different modulation approach than PAL or NTSC. PAL had...
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    developed, finally resulting in the NTSC color standard that was compatible with the prior monochrome system. Although the NTSC color standard was proclaimed...
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  • SECAM (France, Russia, parts of Africa, etc.) specify 25 frame/s, while NTSC standards (United States, Canada, Japan, etc.) specify 29.97 frame/s. Film...
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    more commonly broadcast at (60/1.001), or precisely 59.940059, matching the NTSC SDTV field rate; this and the 50.00 Hz of PAL are still the second and third...
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    speed (1800–600 rpm for NTSC and 2470–935 rpm for Hi-Vision) CLV encoded discs could store 60 minutes of audio/video per side for NTSC and Hi-Vision (64 minutes...
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    CCIR System M, sometimes called 525–line, monochrome NTSC, NTSC-M, or CCIR-M, is the analog broadcast television system approved by the FCC (upon recommendation...
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    YIQ is the color space used by the analog NTSC color TV system. I stands for in-phase, while Q stands for quadrature, referring to the components used...
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    is Japan (Japanese boot ROM, NTSC-J region, NTSC video, 100 V PSU) 1 is USA/Canada (English boot ROM, NTSC-U/C region, NTSC video, 120 V PSU) 2 is PAL regions...
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    three major analog color television standards, the others being PAL and NTSC. Like PAL, a SECAM picture is also made up of 625 interlaced lines and is...
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    depends on whether the equipment is PAL or NTSC based: 960H represents 960 x 576 (PAL) or 960 x 480 (NTSC) pixels. 960H represents an increase in pixels...
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    1983, Sony introduced high fidelity audio to videotape as Beta Hi-Fi. For NTSC, Beta HiFi worked by placing a pair of FM carriers between the chroma (C)...
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    with a vision mixer in a television studio using a multi-camera setup. In NTSC, its frequency is exactly 315/88 = 3.57954 MHz with a phase of 180°. PAL...
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    composite video signals, corresponding to the analog color system used (NTSC, PAL, and SECAM), but purely monochrome signals can also be used. A composite...
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    The National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC, Indonesian: Komite Nasional Keselamatan Transportasi, KNKT; literally "Transportation Safety National...
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  • frames per second (typically, 23.976 frame/s when using equipment based on NTSC frame rates, but now 24.000 in many cases) frame rate with progressive scanning...
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    i.e., NTSC-J, NTSC-U/C, PAL or NTSC-C; 20 GB, 60 GB and 80 GB models only) PlayStation CD-ROM (PlayStation region matched, i.e., NTSC-J, NTSC-U or PAL)...
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    as "lines horizontal resolution, per picture height"; for example, analog NTSC TVs can typically display about 340 lines of "per picture height" horizontal...
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