NTSC

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NTSC is the acronym that stands for National Television Systems Committee" and the name of the current analog transmission standard used in the U.S., which the committee created in 1953.

The television standard used in the US and Japan, developed by the National Television Systems Committee. Specifies number of scanlines (525), fields per second (60) and color encoding method for capture and display of standard-definition "broadcast" television signals--which also means signals recorded on videotape. Not compatible with PAL or Secam.

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