NTSC color television standard

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analog television standard broadcast television standard color television system

The NTSC color television standard is an analog broadcast system developed in the United States that defined how color video signals were encoded and transmitted for decades of North American television.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
NTSC 30
National Television System Committee 2
NTSC System M 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf analog television standard ⓘ
broadcast television standard ⓘ
color television system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NTSC color television standard ⓘ
surface form: NTSC

NTSC color television standard ⓘ
surface form: NTSC-M
approvedBy Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
aspectRatio 4:3 ⓘ
audioCarrierOffset 4.5 MHz above video carrier ⓘ
audioModulation frequency modulation ⓘ
chrominanceBandwidth approximately 1.5 MHz ⓘ
colorBurstCycles 8 to 10 cycles per line ⓘ
colorEncoding YIQ ⓘ
colorEncodingMethod quadrature amplitude modulation of chrominance subcarrier ⓘ
colorSubcarrierFrequency 3.579545 MHz ⓘ
colorSubcarrierPhaseReference color burst ⓘ
comparedWith PAL color television standard ⓘ
SECAM color television standard ⓘ
compatibleWith monochrome NTSC television receivers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedBy NTSC color television standard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Television System Committee
eraOfDominance mid-20th century to early 21st century ⓘ
fieldRate 59.94 fields per second ⓘ
frameRate 29.97 frames per second ⓘ
horizontalLineFrequency 15.734 kHz ⓘ
inception 1953 ⓘ
introducedColorCompatibility backward compatible with black-and-white NTSC ⓘ
linesPerFrame 525 ⓘ
lineStandard System M ⓘ
luminanceBandwidth approximately 4.2 MHz ⓘ
originalFrameRate 30 frames per second ⓘ
regionUsed Canada ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
Formosa ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

parts of Central America ⓘ
parts of South America ⓘ
parts of the Caribbean ⓘ
scanType interlaced ⓘ
supersededBy ATSC digital television standard ⓘ
DVB digital television standard ⓘ
ISDB digital television standard ⓘ
transmissionType analog ⓘ
usedFor analog cable television distribution ⓘ
over-the-air television broadcasting ⓘ
usesColorDifferenceSignals yes ⓘ
verticalFieldFrequency 59.94 Hz ⓘ
videoChannelBandwidth 6 MHz ⓘ
videoModulation vestigial sideband amplitude modulation ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NTSC color television standard → alsoKnownAs → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
NTSC color television standard → alsoKnownAs → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC-M
System M → alsoKnownAs → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC System M
Soap → broadcastStandard → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
System M → colorSystemCompatibleWith → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC color encoding
CGA → compositeOutputStandard → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
RCA → contributedToStandard → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
NTSC color television standard → developedBy → NTSC color television standard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Television System Committee
U.S. broadcast television networks → historicalSignalStandard → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Angel → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Bill Nye the Science Guy (TV series) → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
subject surface form: Bill Nye the Science Guy
this entity surface form: NTSC
Bob (TV series) → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Coach → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Diff'rent Strokes → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
ER → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Empty Nest → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Frasier → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Friends → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Good Times → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
L.A. Law → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Late Night with David Letterman → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
My Name Is Earl → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Passions → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Seinfeld → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
St. Elsewhere → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Star Trek: The Next Generation → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Survivor → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
The Apprentice → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
The Cosby Show → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
The Golden Girls → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
The Jeffersons → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
The Office (U.S. TV series) → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
The Unit → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
Total Request Live → pictureFormat → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
ATSC → replaced → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSC
System M → standardizedBy → NTSC color television standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Television System Committee