System M

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analog television broadcasting system

System M is the analog television broadcasting system used in NTSC countries, characterized by 525 lines per frame and a 60 Hz field rate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf analog television broadcasting system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NTSC color television standard ⓘ
surface form: NTSC System M
audioCarrierOffset 4.5 MHz above video carrier ⓘ
audioModulationType frequency modulation (FM) ⓘ
category television transmission standard ⓘ
channelBandwidth 6 MHz ⓘ
colorSubcarrierFrequency approximately 3.579545 MHz (with NTSC color) ⓘ
colorSystemCompatibleWith NTSC color television standard ⓘ
surface form: NTSC color encoding
fieldFrequency 59.94 Hz in color NTSC implementations ⓘ
fieldRate 60 Hz ⓘ
fieldsPerFrame 2 ⓘ
fieldsPerSecond 60 ⓘ
frameRate 30 frames per second (approximately) ⓘ
interlaced true ⓘ
introducedInDecade 1940s ⓘ
linesPerFrame 525 ⓘ
lineStandard 525-line system ⓘ
region ITU Region 2 (primarily) ⓘ
scanStandard 525-line interlaced ⓘ
scanType interlaced scan ⓘ
standardizedBy NTSC color television standard ⓘ
surface form: National Television System Committee
supersededBy digital television standards such as ATSC ⓘ
digital television standards such as DVB-T ⓘ
digital television standards such as ISDB-T ⓘ
usedFor analog cable television distribution ⓘ
analog terrestrial television broadcasting ⓘ
usedIn Argentina ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Caribbean countries using NTSC ⓘ
Central American countries using NTSC ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States and Canada ⓘ
surface form: NTSC countries

Paraguay ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
Formosa ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Uruguay ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
videoBandwidth about 4.2 MHz ⓘ
videoModulationType amplitude modulation (AM) with vestigial sideband ⓘ

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