TV Standards

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Television standards available.

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PAL

PAL=Phase Alternating Line

System PAL PAL N PAL M
Line/Field 625/50 625/50 525/60
Horizontal freq. 15.625 kHz 15.625 kHz 15.750 kHz
Vertical freq. 50 Hz 50 Hz 60 Hz
Color Subcarrier 4.433618 MHz 3.582056 MHz 3.575611 MHz
Video Bandwidth 5.0 MHz 4.2 MHz 4.2 MHz
Sound Carrier 5.5 MHz 4.5 MHz 4.5 MHz

NTSC

NTSC=National Television System Committee

System NTSC
Lines/Field 525/60
Horizontal frequency 15.734 kHz
Vertical Frequency 60 Hz
Color Subcarrier 3.579545 MHz
Video Bandwidth 4.2 MHz
Sound Carrier 4.5 MHz

SECAM

SECAM=Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire (or Sequential Color with Memory)

System SECAM B,G,H SECAM D,K,K1,L
Line/Field 625/50 625/50
Horizontal freq. 15.625 kHz 15.625 kHz
Vertical freq. 50 Hz 50 Hz
Video Bandwidth 5.0 MHz 6.0 MHz
Sound Carrier 5.5 MHz 6.5 MHz

Countries

Abbrev. Full name Countries using it
NTSC National Television System Committee North America, South Americas and Japan
PAL Phase Alternating Line others (Europe etc)
PAL-M Brazil
PAL-N Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
SECAM Sequential Color with Memory France, Russia and Africa
MESECAM Saudi Arabia

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