NTSC, the Glossary
NTSC (from National Television Standards Committee) is the first American standard for analog television, published in 1941.[1]
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204 relations: Alternating current, Americas, Amplitude modulation, Analog television, Aspect ratio (image), Atari 8-bit computers, Atari ST, ATSC standards, Australian and New Zealand television frequencies, Beat (acoustics), Black-and-white, Broadcast relay station, Broadcast television systems, Broadcast-safe, BusinessWorld, Cable television, Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Canon Inc., Carrier wave, Cathode-ray tube, CBS, CCIR System M, CCIR System N, Central America, CFJC-TV, CFPL-DT, Channel 1 (North American TV), Channel 37, Chroma dots, Chrominance, Class A television service, Closed captioning, Code of Federal Regulations, Cold War, Color grading, Color space, Color television, Color Television Inc., Colorburst, Colorimetry, Colorplexer, Comb filter, Commodore 64, Compact of Free Association, Composite artifact colors, Correlated color temperature, CT-100, Datacasting, Diffraction, ... Expand index (154 more) »
- ITU-R recommendations
- Television transmission standards
- Video formats
- Video signal
Alternating current
Alternating current (AC) is an electric current that periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time, in contrast to direct current (DC), which flows only in one direction.
See NTSC and Alternating current
Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.
Amplitude modulation
Amplitude modulation (AM) is a modulation technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting messages with a radio wave.
See NTSC and Amplitude modulation
Analog television
Analog television is the original television technology that uses analog signals to transmit video and audio. NTSC and analog television are television terminology.
See NTSC and Analog television
Aspect ratio (image)
The aspect ratio of an image is the ratio of its width to its height.
See NTSC and Aspect ratio (image)
Atari 8-bit computers
The Atari 8-bit computers, formally launched as the Atari Home Computer System, are a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc., in 1979 with the Atari 400 and Atari 800.
See NTSC and Atari 8-bit computers
Atari ST
Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the company's 8-bit home computers.
ATSC standards
Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) standards are an International set of standards for broadcast and digital television transmission over terrestrial, cable and satellite networks. NTSC and ATSC standards are television transmission standards.
Australian and New Zealand television frequencies
Television frequency allocation has evolved since the start of television in Australia in 1956, and later in New Zealand in 1960.
See NTSC and Australian and New Zealand television frequencies
Beat (acoustics)
In acoustics, a beat is an interference pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies, perceived as a periodic variation in volume whose rate is the difference of the two frequencies.
Black-and-white
Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white to produce a range of achromatic brightnesses of grey.
Broadcast relay station
A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or transponds) the signal of a radio or television station to an area not covered by the originating station. NTSC and broadcast relay station are television terminology.
See NTSC and Broadcast relay station
Broadcast television systems
Broadcast television systems (or terrestrial television systems outside the US and Canada) are the encoding or formatting systems for the transmission and reception of terrestrial television signals. NTSC and Broadcast television systems are television terminology and television transmission standards.
See NTSC and Broadcast television systems
Broadcast-safe
Broadcast-safe video (broadcast legal or legal signal) is a term used in the broadcast industry to define video and audio compliant with the technical or regulatory broadcast requirements of the target area or region the feed might be broadcasting to. NTSC and broadcast-safe are ITU-R recommendations and television terminology.
BusinessWorld
BusinessWorld is a business newspaper in the Philippines with a nationwide circulation of more than 117,000 (as of March 2014).
Cable television
Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
See NTSC and Canada
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasting and telecommunications.
See NTSC and Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Canon Inc.
Canon Inc. (Hepburn) is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, specializing in optical, imaging, and industrial products, such as lenses, cameras, medical equipment, scanners, printers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
Carrier wave
In telecommunications, a carrier wave, carrier signal, or just carrier, is a periodic waveform (usually sinusoidal) that carries no information that has one or more of its properties modified (the called modulation) by an information-bearing signal (called the message signal or modulation signal) for the purpose of conveying information.
Cathode-ray tube
A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a phosphorescent screen.
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
See NTSC and CBS
CCIR System M
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 by the National Television Systems Committee - NTSC) for use in the United States since July 1, 1941, replacing the 441-line TV system introduced in 1938. NTSC and CCIR System M are ITU-R recommendations and video formats.
CCIR System N
CCIR System N is an analog broadcast television system introduced in 1951 and adopted by Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, paired with the PAL color system (PAL-N) since 1980. NTSC and CCIR System N are ITU-R recommendations and video formats.
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America.
CFJC-TV
CFJC-TV (analogue channel 4) is a television station in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, affiliated with Citytv.
See NTSC and CFJC-TV
CFPL-DT
CFPL-DT (channel 10) is a television station in London, Ontario, Canada, part of the CTV 2 system.
See NTSC and CFPL-DT
Channel 1 (North American TV)
In North American broadcast television frequencies, channel 1 was a former broadcast (over-the-air) television channel which was removed from service in 1948.
See NTSC and Channel 1 (North American TV)
Channel 37
Channel 37 is an intentionally unused ultra-high frequency (UHF) television broadcasting channel by countries in most of ITU region 2 such as the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil.
Chroma dots
Chroma dots are visual artifacts caused by displaying an unfiltered PAL analogue colour video signal on a black-and-white television or monitor.
Chrominance
Chrominance (chroma or C for short) is the signal used in video systems to convey the color information of the picture (see YUV color model), separately from the accompanying luma signal (or Y' for short).
Class A television service
The class A television service is a system for regulating some low-power television (LPTV) stations in the United States.
See NTSC and Class A television service
Closed captioning
Closed captioning (CC) and subtitling are both processes of displaying text on a television, video screen, or other visual display to provide additional or interpretive information. NTSC and Closed captioning are television terminology.
See NTSC and Closed captioning
Code of Federal Regulations
In the law of the United States, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent regulations promulgated by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States.
See NTSC and Code of Federal Regulations
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Color grading
Color grading is a post-production process common to filmmaking and video editing of altering the appearance of an image for presentation in different environments on different devices.
Color space
A color space is a specific organization of colors.
Color television
Color television (American English) or colour television (Commonwealth English) is a television transmission technology that includes color information for the picture, so the video image can be displayed in color on the television set.
Color Television Inc.
Color Television Inc. was an American research and development firm founded in 1947 and devoted to creating a color television system to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission as the U.S. color broadcasting standard.
See NTSC and Color Television Inc.
Colorburst
Colorburst is an analog and composite video signal generated by a video-signal generator used to keep the chrominance subcarrier synchronized in a color television signal. NTSC and Colorburst are television terminology and video signal.
Colorimetry
Colorimetry is "the science and technology used to quantify and describe physically the human color perception".
Colorplexer
Color television as introduced in North America in 1954 is best described as being 'colored' television. NTSC and Colorplexer are video signal.
Comb filter
In signal processing, a comb filter is a filter implemented by adding a delayed version of a signal to itself, causing constructive and destructive interference.
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas).
Compact of Free Association
The Compacts of Free Association (COFA) are international agreements establishing and governing the relationships of free association between the United States and the three Pacific Island sovereign states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau.
See NTSC and Compact of Free Association
Composite artifact colors
Composite artifact colors is a designation commonly used to address several graphic modes of some 1970s and 1980s home computers.
See NTSC and Composite artifact colors
Correlated color temperature (CCT, Tcp) refers to the temperature of a Planckian radiator whose perceived color most closely resembles that of a given stimulus at the same brightness and under specified viewing conditions.".
See NTSC and Correlated color temperature
CT-100
The RCA CT-100 was an early all-electronic consumer color television introduced in April 1954.
See NTSC and CT-100
Datacasting
Datacasting (data broadcasting) is the transmission of data over a wide area using radio waves.
Diffraction
Diffraction is the interference or bending of waves around the corners of an obstacle or through an aperture into the region of geometrical shadow of the obstacle/aperture.
Digital television
Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. NTSC and digital television are television terminology.
See NTSC and Digital television
DTMB (Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast) is the digital TV standard for mobile and fixed devices, developed in the People's Republic of China.
See NTSC and Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast
Digital video
Digital video is an electronic representation of moving visual images (video) in the form of encoded digital data. NTSC and digital video are television terminology and video signal.
DirecTV
DirecTV, LLC (trademarked as DIRECTV) is an American multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California.
See NTSC and DirecTV
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav.
See NTSC and Discovery Channel
Display device
A display device is an output device for presentation of information in visual or tactile form (the latter used for example in tactile electronic displays for blind people).
Dot crawl
Dot crawl (also known as chroma crawl or cross-luma) is a visual defect of color analog video standards when signals are transmitted as composite video, as in terrestrial broadcast television. NTSC and Dot crawl are television terminology.
Double-sideband suppressed-carrier transmission
Double-sideband suppressed-carrier transmission (DSB-SC) is transmission in which frequencies produced by amplitude modulation (AM) are symmetrically spaced above and below the carrier frequency and the carrier level is reduced to the lowest practical level, ideally being completely suppressed.
See NTSC and Double-sideband suppressed-carrier transmission
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network (also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont Television, simply DuMont/Du Mont, or (incorrectly) Dumont) was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being first overall in the United States.
See NTSC and DuMont Television Network
DVB-T
DVB-T, short for Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial, is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television that was first published in 1997 and first broadcast in Singapore in February 1998. NTSC and DVB-T are television transmission standards and video formats.
See NTSC and DVB-T
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.
See NTSC and DVD
DVD-Video
DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVDs.
EIA-608
EIA-608, also known as "line 21 captions" and "CEA-608", was once the standard for closed captioning for NTSC TV broadcasts in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
See NTSC and EIA-608
Extended Data Services
Extended Data Services (now XDS, previously EDS), is an American standard classified under Electronic Industries Alliance standard CEA-608-E for the delivery of any ancillary data (metadata) to be sent with an analog television program, or any other NTSC video signal.
See NTSC and Extended Data Services
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
See NTSC and Federal Communications Commission
Field (video)
In video, a field is one of the many still images displayed sequentially to create the impression of motion on the screen.
Field dominance
In video engineering, field dominance refers to the choice of which field of an interlaced video signal is chosen as the point at which video edits or switches occur. NTSC and field dominance are video signal.
Field-sequential color system
A field-sequential color system (FSC) is a color television system in which the primary color information is transmitted in successive images and which relies on the human vision system to fuse the successive images into a color picture.
See NTSC and Field-sequential color system
Film
A film (British English) also called a movie (American English), motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
See NTSC and Film
Flicker fusion threshold
The flicker fusion threshold, also known as critical flicker frequency or flicker fusion rate, is the frequency at which a flickering light appears steady to the average human observer.
See NTSC and Flicker fusion threshold
FM broadcast band
The FM broadcast band is a range of radio frequencies used for FM broadcasting by radio stations.
See NTSC and FM broadcast band
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting that uses frequency modulation (FM) of the radio broadcast carrier wave.
Frame rate
Frame rate, most commonly expressed in or FPS, is typically the frequency (rate) at which consecutive images (frames) are captured or displayed.
Frequency
Frequency (symbol f), most often measured in hertz (symbol: Hz), is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.
Frequency deviation
Frequency deviation (f_) is used in FM radio to describe the difference between the minimum or maximum extent of a frequency modulated signal, and the nominal center or carrier frequency.
See NTSC and Frequency deviation
Frequency divider
A frequency divider, also called a clock divider or scaler or prescaler, is a circuit that takes an input signal of a frequency, f_, and generates an output signal of a frequency: f_.
See NTSC and Frequency divider
Frequency drift
In electrical engineering, and particularly in telecommunications, frequency drift is an unintended and generally arbitrary offset of an oscillator from its nominal frequency.
Frequency modulation
Frequency modulation (FM) is the encoding of information in a carrier wave by varying the instantaneous frequency of the wave.
See NTSC and Frequency modulation
Frequency-locked loop
A frequency-lock, or frequency-locked loop (FLL), is an electronic control system that generates a signal that is locked to the frequency of an input or "reference" signal.
See NTSC and Frequency-locked loop
Fukushima Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture (Fukushima-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.
See NTSC and Fukushima Prefecture
Gamma correction
Gamma correction or gamma is a nonlinear operation used to encode and decode luminance or tristimulus values in video or still image systems.
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Ghost-canceling reference
Ghost-canceling reference (GCR) is a special sub-signal on a television channel that receivers can use to compensate for the ghosting effect of a television signal distorted by multipath propagation between transmitter and receiver.
See NTSC and Ghost-canceling reference
Gleaner Company
The Gleaner Company Ltd. is a newspaper publishing enterprise in Jamaica.
Glossary of video terms
This glossary defines terms that are used in the document, developed by the.
See NTSC and Glossary of video terms
GMA Network (company)
GMA Network Inc., commonly known as GMA, is a Philippine media company based in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
See NTSC and GMA Network (company)
Guide Plus
Guide Plus+ (in Europe), TV Guide On Screen, TV Guide Daily, TV Guide Plus+ and Guide Plus+ Gold (in North America) or G-Guide (in Japan) are brand names for an interactive electronic program guide (EPG) system that is used in consumer electronics products, such as television sets, DVD recorders, personal video recorders, and other digital television devices.
H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2
H.262 or MPEG-2 Part 2 (formally known as ITU-T Recommendation H.262 and ISO/IEC 13818-2, also known as MPEG-2 Video) is a video coding format standardised and jointly maintained by ITU-T Study Group 16 Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) and ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), and developed with the involvement of many companies.
See NTSC and H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2
Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
See NTSC and Hertz
High-definition television
High-definition television (HDTV) describes a television or video system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies. NTSC and high-definition television are television terminology.
See NTSC and High-definition television
Hong Kong Cable Television
Hong Kong Cable Television Limited, formerly known as Wharf Cable Television Limited until 31 October 1998, is a cable television provider in Hong Kong currently owned by Forever Top (Asia) Limited, which operates it as a part of i-Cable Communications business.
See NTSC and Hong Kong Cable Television
Hue
In color theory, hue is one of the main properties (called color appearance parameters) of a color, defined technically in the CIECAM02 model as "the degree to which a stimulus can be described as similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet," within certain theories of color vision.
See NTSC and Hue
Infomercial
An infomercial is a form of television commercial that resembles regular TV programming yet is intended to promote or sell a product, service or idea. NTSC and infomercial are television terminology.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED; Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada; label)Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Industry.
See NTSC and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Interlaced video
Interlaced video (also known as interlaced scan) is a technique for doubling the perceived frame rate of a video display without consuming extra bandwidth. NTSC and interlaced video are video formats.
Intermodulation
Intermodulation (IM) or intermodulation distortion (IMD) is the amplitude modulation of signals containing two or more different frequencies, caused by nonlinearities or time variance in a system.
International Telecommunication Union
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)French: Union Internationale des Télécommunications is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies.
See NTSC and International Telecommunication Union
Ion Television
Ion Television (currently known on-air as simply Ion) is an American broadcast television network and FAST television channel owned by the Scripps Networks subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company.
IRE (unit)
The IRE unit is used in the measurement of composite video signals. NTSC and IRE (unit) are ITU-R recommendations and video formats.
ISDB
Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (ISDB; Japanese:, Tōgō dejitaru hōsō sābisu) is a Japanese broadcasting standard for digital television (DTV) and digital radio. NTSC and ISDB are television transmission standards.
See NTSC and ISDB
ISDB-T International
ISDB-T International, also known in Brazil as Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital (SBTVD; Brazilian Digital Television System), is a technical standard for digital television broadcast used in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Botswana, Chile, Honduras, Venezuela, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Philippines, Bolivia, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Uruguay, based on the Japanese ISDB-T standard. NTSC and ISDB-T International are television transmission standards.
See NTSC and ISDB-T International
Iwate Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
See NTSC and Japan
Jeremy Brett
Peter Jeremy William Huggins (3 November 1933 – 12 September 1995), known professionally as Jeremy Brett, was an English actor.
Kinescope
Kinescope, shortened to kine, also known as telerecording in Britain, is a recording of a television program on motion picture film, directly through a lens focused on the screen of a video monitor. NTSC and Kinescope are television terminology.
Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.
Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Kukla, Fran and Ollie was an early American television show using puppets.
See NTSC and Kukla, Fran and Ollie
LaserDisc
The LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium, initially licensed, sold and marketed as MCA DiscoVision (also known simply as "DiscoVision") in the United States in 1978.
Leuven University Press
Leuven University Press (Universitaire Pers Leuven) is a university press located in Leuven, Belgium.
See NTSC and Leuven University Press
List of EIA standards
This is a list of American Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) Standards.
See NTSC and List of EIA standards
List of islands in the Pacific Ocean
The Pacific islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean.
See NTSC and List of islands in the Pacific Ocean
List of video connectors
This is a list of physical RF and video connectors and related video signal standards.
See NTSC and List of video connectors
Low-power broadcasting
Low-power broadcasting is broadcasting by a broadcast station at a low transmitter power output to a smaller service area than "full power" stations within the same region.
See NTSC and Low-power broadcasting
Luma (video)
In video, luma (Y') represents the brightness in an image (the "black-and-white" or achromatic portion of the image).
Mini-DIN connector
The mini-DIN connectors are a family of multi-pin electrical connectors used in a variety of applications.
See NTSC and Mini-DIN connector
Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.
See NTSC and Miyagi Prefecture
Moving image formats
This article discusses moving image capture, transmission and presentation from today's technical and creative points of view; concentrating on aspects of frame rates. NTSC and moving image formats are ITU-R recommendations and video formats.
See NTSC and Moving image formats
Multichannel Television Sound
Multichannel Television Sound (MTS) is the method of encoding three additional audio channels into analog 4.5 MHz audio carriers on System M and System N. It was developed by the Broadcast Television Systems Committee, an industry group, and sometimes known as BTSC as a result.
See NTSC and Multichannel Television Sound
Multivibrator
A multivibrator is an electronic circuit used to implement a variety of simple two-state devices such as relaxation oscillators, timers, latches and flip-flops.
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
See NTSC and NASA
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
See NTSC and NBC
NTSC-C
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 Chinese market.
See NTSC and NTSC-C
NTSC-J
NTSC-J or "System J" is the informal designation for the analogue television standard used in Japan.
See NTSC and NTSC-J
Office of Defense Mobilization
The Office of Defense Mobilization (ODM) was an independent agency of the United States government whose function was to plan, coordinate, direct and control all wartime mobilization activities of the federal government, including manpower, economic stabilization, and transport operations.
See NTSC and Office of Defense Mobilization
PAL
Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a colour encoding system for analog television. NTSC and PAL are ITU-R recommendations, television terminology, television transmission standards and video formats.
See NTSC and PAL
PAL-M
PAL-M is the analogue colour TV system used in Brazil since early 1972, making it the first South American country to broadcast in colour. NTSC and PAL-M are television transmission standards and video formats.
See NTSC and PAL-M
Pan-American television frequencies
The Pan-American television frequencies are different for terrestrial and cable television systems.
See NTSC and Pan-American television frequencies
Phase-locked loop
A phase-locked loop or phase lock loop (PLL) is a control system that generates an output signal whose phase is fixed relative to the phase of an input signal.
See NTSC and Phase-locked loop
Philco
Philco (an acronym for Philadelphia Battery Company) is an American electronics manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia.
See NTSC and Philco
Primary color
A set of primary colors or primary colours (see spelling differences) consists of colorants or colored lights that can be mixed in varying amounts to produce a gamut of colors.
Proceedings of the IEEE
The Proceedings of the IEEE is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
See NTSC and Proceedings of the IEEE
Professional video camera
A professional video camera (often called a television camera even though its use has spread beyond television) is a high-end device for creating electronic moving images (as opposed to a movie camera, that earlier recorded the images on film).
See NTSC and Professional video camera
Quadrature amplitude modulation
Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) is the name of a family of digital modulation methods and a related family of analog modulation methods widely used in modern telecommunications to transmit information.
See NTSC and Quadrature amplitude modulation
Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience.
See NTSC and Radio broadcasting
Rappler
Rappler (portmanteau of the words "rap" and "ripple") is a Filipino online news website based in Pasig, Metro Manila, the Philippines.
See NTSC and Rappler
Raster scan
A raster scan, or raster scanning, is the rectangular pattern of image capture and reconstruction in television.
RCA
The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America.
See NTSC and RCA
RCA connector
The RCA connector is a type of electrical connector commonly used to carry audio and video signals.
RCA TK-40/41
The RCA TK-40 is considered to be the first practical color television camera, initially used for special broadcasts in late 1953, and with the follow-on TK-40A actually becoming the first to be produced in quantity in March 1954.
Rec. 601
ITU-R Recommendation BT.601, more commonly known by the abbreviations Rec. 601 or BT.601 (or its former name CCIR 601), is a standard originally issued in 1982 by the CCIR (an organization, which has since been renamed as the International Telecommunication Unionsnd Radiocommunication sector) for encoding interlaced analog video signals in digital video form. NTSC and Rec. 601 are ITU-R recommendations.
Rec. 709
Rec. NTSC and Rec. 709 are ITU-R recommendations.
Rede Tupi
Rede Tupi (in English, Tupi Network) was a Brazilian commercial terrestrial television network.
Refresh rate
The refresh rate, also known as vertical refresh rate or vertical scan rate in reference to terminology originating with the cathode-ray tubes (CRTs), is the number of times per second that a raster-based display device displays a new image.
Rose Parade
The Rose Parade, also known as the Tournament of Roses Parade (or simply the Tournament of Roses), is an annual parade held mostly along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, United States, on New Year's Day (or on Monday, January 2 if New Year's Day falls on a Sunday).
S-VHS
, the common initialism for Super VHS, is an improved version of the VHS (VHS standing for video home system) standard for consumer-level video recording.
See NTSC and S-VHS
S-Video
S-Video (also known as separate video, Y/C, and erroneously Super-Video) is an analog video signal format that carries standard-definition video, typically at 525 lines or 625 lines. NTSC and s-Video are video signal.
See NTSC and S-Video
São Paulo
São Paulo is the most populous city in Brazil and the capital of the state of São Paulo.
Scan line
A scan line (also scanline) is one line, or row, in a raster scanning pattern, such as a line of video on a cathode ray tube (CRT) display of a television set or computer monitor. NTSC and scan line are television terminology and video signal.
SECAM
SECAM, also written SÉCAM (Séquentiel de couleur à mémoire, French for color sequential with memory), is an analog color television system that was used in France, Russia and some other countries or territories of Europe and Africa. NTSC and SECAM are television terminology, television transmission standards, video formats and video signal.
See NTSC and SECAM
Second
The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60.
See NTSC and Second
Second audio program
Second audio program (SAP), also known as secondary audio programming, is an auxiliary audio channel for analog television that can be broadcast or transmitted both over-the-air and by cable television.
See NTSC and Second audio program
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.
Sideband
In radio communications, a sideband is a band of frequencies higher than or lower than the carrier frequency, that are the result of the modulation process.
Signal-to-noise ratio
Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR or S/N) is a measure used in science and engineering that compares the level of a desired signal to the level of background noise.
See NTSC and Signal-to-noise ratio
Single-sideband modulation
In radio communications, single-sideband modulation (SSB) or single-sideband suppressed-carrier modulation (SSB-SC) is a type of modulation used to transmit information, such as an audio signal, by radio waves.
See NTSC and Single-sideband modulation
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) (rarely), founded in 1916 as the Society of Motion Picture Engineers or SMPE, is a global professional association of engineers, technologists, and executives working in the media and entertainment industry. NTSC and Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers are television terminology.
See NTSC and Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.
Spectral density
In signal processing, the power spectrum S_(f) of a continuous time signal x(t) describes the distribution of power into frequency components f composing that signal.
Spectrum auction
A spectrum auction is a process whereby a government uses an auction system to sell the rights to transmit signals over specific bands of the electromagnetic spectrum and to assign scarce spectrum resources.
Standard illuminant
A standard illuminant is a theoretical source of visible light with a spectral power distribution that is published.
See NTSC and Standard illuminant
Standard-definition television
Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition.
See NTSC and Standard-definition television
Stereophonic sound
Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective.
See NTSC and Stereophonic sound
Subcarrier
A subcarrier is a sideband of a radio frequency carrier wave, which is modulated to send additional information.
Super Video CD
Super Video CD (Super Video Compact Disc or SVCD) is a digital format for storing video on standard compact discs.
Synchronization
Synchronization is the coordination of events to operate a system in unison.
Telecine
Telecine is the process of transferring film into video and is performed in a color suite. NTSC and Telecine are television terminology.
Teletext
Teletext, or broadcast teletext, is a standard for displaying text and rudimentary graphics on suitably equipped television sets.
Televisión Nacional de Chile
Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) is a Chilean public service broadcaster.
See NTSC and Televisión Nacional de Chile
Television channel
A television channel, or TV channel, is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. NTSC and television channel are television terminology.
See NTSC and Television channel
Television channel frequencies
The following tables show the frequencies assigned to analogue broadcast television channels in various regions of the world, along with the ITU letter designator for the system used.
See NTSC and Television channel frequencies
Television in Argentina
Television is one of the major mass media of Argentina.
See NTSC and Television in Argentina
Television in Brazil
Television in Brazil has grown significantly since the first broadcasts in 1950, becoming one of largest and most productive commercial television systems in the world.
See NTSC and Television in Brazil
Television in Japan
Television in Japan was introduced in 1939.
See NTSC and Television in Japan
Television in Myanmar
Television broadcasting in Myanmar began in 1979 as a test trial in Yangon.
See NTSC and Television in Myanmar
Television in Paraguay
Television in Paraguay is most important among the country's mass media.
See NTSC and Television in Paraguay
Television in South Korea
In South Korea, there are a number of national television networks, the three largest of which are KBS, MBC, and SBS.
See NTSC and Television in South Korea
Television in Taiwan
Television in Taiwan is primarily in Chinese and English.
See NTSC and Television in Taiwan
Television in the Philippines
Television in the Philippines was introduced in October 1953 upon the first commercial broadcast made by Alto Broadcasting System (now ABS-CBN), making the Philippines the first Southeast Asian country and the second in Asia to do so.
See NTSC and Television in the Philippines
Television in Uruguay
Analog television in Uruguay had a history of more than 50 years since it began in 1956, with the first television channel, Channel 10.
See NTSC and Television in Uruguay
Television show
A television show, TV program, or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is traditionally broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable. NTSC and television show are television terminology.
The Gleaner
The Gleaner is an English-language, morning daily newspaper founded by two brothers, Jacob and Joshua de Cordova on 13 September 1834 in Kingston, Jamaica.
The Manila Times
The Manila Times is the oldest extant English-language newspaper in the Philippines.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
See NTSC and The New York Times
The Philippine Star
The Philippine Star (self-styled The Philippine STAR) is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines and the flagship brand of the Philstar Media Group.
See NTSC and The Philippine Star
The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
See NTSC and The Washington Post
Three-two pull down
Three-two pull down (3:2 pull down) is a term used in filmmaking and television production for the post-production process of transferring film to video. NTSC and Three-two pull down are television terminology.
See NTSC and Three-two pull down
Timecode
A timecode (alternatively, time code) is a sequence of numeric codes generated at regular intervals by a timing synchronization system.
TV Excelsior
Rede Excelsior was a Brazilian television network founded by Mário Wallace Simonsen on July 9, 1960, in São Paulo, São Paulo.
Ultra high frequency
Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one tenth of a meter (one decimeter).
See NTSC and Ultra high frequency
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
See NTSC and United States Air Force
Utility frequency
The utility frequency, (power) line frequency (American English) or mains frequency (British English) is the nominal frequency of the oscillations of alternating current (AC) in a wide area synchronous grid transmitted from a power station to the end-user.
See NTSC and Utility frequency
V-chip
V-chip is a technology used in television set receivers in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and the United States, that allows the blocking of programs based on their ratings category.
See NTSC and V-chip
Vacuum tube
A vacuum tube, electron tube, valve (British usage), or tube (North America) is a device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between electrodes to which an electric potential difference has been applied.
Vertical blanking interval
In a raster scan display, the vertical blanking interval (VBI), also known as the vertical interval or VBLANK, is the time between the end of the final visible line of a frame or field and the beginning of the first visible line of the next frame or field.
See NTSC and Vertical blanking interval
Vertical interval timecode
Vertical Interval Timecode (VITC, pronounced "vitsee") is a form of SMPTE timecode encoded on one scan line in a video signal.
See NTSC and Vertical interval timecode
Very high frequency
Very high frequency (VHF) is the ITU designation for the range of radio frequency electromagnetic waves (radio waves) from 30 to 300 megahertz (MHz), with corresponding wavelengths of ten meters to one meter. NTSC and Very high frequency are television terminology.
See NTSC and Very high frequency
Video
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. NTSC and Video are television terminology.
See NTSC and Video
Video CD
Video CD (abbreviated as VCD, and also known as Compact Disc Digital Video) is a home video format and the first format for distributing films on standard optical discs.
Video-signal generator
A video signal generator is a type of signal generator which outputs predetermined video and/or television oscillation waveforms, and other signals used in the synchronization of television devices and to stimulate faults in, or aid in parametric measurements of, television and video systems.
See NTSC and Video-signal generator
White point
A white point (often referred to as reference white or target white in technical documents) is a set of tristimulus values or chromaticity coordinates that serve to define the color "white" in image capture, encoding, or reproduction.
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
On 11 March 2011, at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC), a 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region.
See NTSC and 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
405-line television system
The 405-line monochrome analogue television broadcasting system was the first fully electronic television system to be used in regular broadcasting.
See NTSC and 405-line television system
480i
480i is the video mode used for standard-definition digital video in the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Western Sahara, and most of the Americas (with the exception of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay). NTSC and 480i are television terminology and video formats.
See NTSC and 480i
819 line
819-line was an analog monochrome TV system developed and used in France as television broadcast resumed after World War II.
See also
ITU-R recommendations
- Broadcast-safe
- CCIR System A
- CCIR System B
- CCIR System C
- CCIR System D
- CCIR System E
- CCIR System G
- CCIR System H
- CCIR System I
- CCIR System K
- CCIR System L
- CCIR System M
- CCIR System N
- Coordinated Universal Time
- Error Detection and Handling
- High-dynamic-range television
- IMT-2000
- IMT-2020
- IRE (unit)
- ITU-R 468 noise weighting
- ITU-R BT.1886
- ITU-R BT.656
- ITU-R P.525
- MUSHRA
- Moving image formats
- NTSC
- PAL
- Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality
- Processing amplifier
- Rec. 2020
- Rec. 2100
- Rec. 601
- Rec. 709
- Serial digital interface
Television transmission standards
- 1seg
- ATSC 3.0
- ATSC standards
- ATSC-M/H
- Advanced Television Systems Committee
- Broadcast television systems
- Clear-Vision
- D2-MAC
- DVB
- DVB-C
- DVB-H
- DVB-S
- DVB-S2
- DVB-S2X
- DVB-T
- DVB-T2
- Digital Visual Interface
- HD-MAC
- HDBaseT
- HDMI
- ISDB
- ISDB-T International
- Interactive television standards
- Multiplexed Analogue Components
- NICAM
- NTSC
- Narrow-bandwidth television
- PAL
- PAL-M
- PALplus
- Rec. 2020
- SECAM
- Television standards conversion
Video formats
- 1080i
- 1080p
- 1440p
- 24p
- 480i
- 480p
- 576i
- 576p
- 720p
- A-MAC
- B-MAC
- C-MAC
- CCIR System A
- CCIR System B
- CCIR System C
- CCIR System D
- CCIR System E
- CCIR System G
- CCIR System H
- CCIR System I
- CCIR System K
- CCIR System L
- CCIR System M
- CCIR System N
- Clear-Vision
- D-MAC
- D2-MAC
- DVB-T
- Effio
- High frame rate
- IFrame (video format)
- IRE (unit)
- Interlaced video
- Joint Level Interface Protocol
- List of broadcast video formats
- MovieCD
- Moving image formats
- Multiplexed Analogue Components
- NTSC
- PAL
- PAL-M
- PALplus
- SECAM
- SMPTE 292
- Sound-in-Syncs
- Ultra-high-definition television
- VF bandwidth
- Video coding format
- Video file format
Video signal
- 16K resolution
- Analog signal
- BT.1120
- Chrominance subcarrier
- Color framing
- Colorburst
- Colorplexer
- Component video
- Composite video
- Consumer Electronics Control
- Coordinated Video Timings
- Digital Visual Interface
- Digital video
- Display resolution
- Field dominance
- Filter (video)
- Generalized Timing Formula
- HDBaseT
- HDMI
- Horizontal blanking interval
- IEEE 1394
- Interpolation
- Multi-screen video
- Multidimensional Multirate Systems
- NTSC
- Rasterisation
- S-Video
- SECAM
- Scan conversion
- Scan line
- Serial digital interface
- Uncompressed video
- V-by-One HS
- Video denoising
- Video processing
- Video tape tracking
- YPbPr
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC
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