NTSC

NTSC

NTSC Abbrev. for National Television System Committee, which devised the NTSC television broadcast system in 1953. The NTSC standard has vertical resolution of 525 horizontal lines in two interlaced fields that are displayed at 60 fields per second. One full frame is made of two interlaced fields, and is displayed about every 1/30 of a second. NTSC is used in the Americas, many Pacific countries, and the Caribbean. It is seldom used for computer monitors except where compatibility with TV and video is required. See also PAL, SECAM.

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NTSC (USA) National Television System Committee

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "NTSC." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "NTSC." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-NTSC.html

FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "NTSC." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-NTSC.html

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