C.C.I.R. Television Standards
Characteristics of Television Systems
System |
#
of lines
|
Channel width
(MHz)
|
Vision bandwidth
(MHz)
|
Vision/Sound
separation (MHz)
|
Vestigial
sideband (MHz)
|
Vision
mod.
|
Sound
mod.
|
B |
625 |
7 |
5 |
+5.5 |
0.75 |
Neg. |
FM |
D |
625 |
8 |
6 |
+6.5 |
0.75 |
Neg. |
FM |
G |
625 |
8 |
5 |
+5.5 |
0.75 |
Neg. |
FM |
H |
625 |
8 |
5 |
+5.5 |
1.25 |
Neg. |
FM |
I |
625 |
8 |
5.5 |
+5.5 |
1.25 |
Neg. |
FM |
K |
625 |
8 |
6 |
+6.5 |
0.75 |
Neg. |
FM |
L |
625 |
8 |
6 |
+6.5 |
1.25 |
Pos. |
AM |
M |
525 |
6 |
4.2 |
+4.5 |
0.75 |
Neg. |
FM |
N |
525 |
6 |
4.5 |
+4.5 |
0.75 |
Neg. |
FM |
French Channels F2, F3, F4, Vision / Sound is -6.5 MHz
NTSC (National Television System Committee)
525 Lines/60Hz
Antiqua, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greenland, Guam, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru,
Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saipan, Samoa, Surinam, Taiwan, Trinidad, Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands
PAL (Phase Alternating Line)
625 Lines/50Hz
Afghanistan (Kabul), Algeria, Andorra, Argentina (PAL-N), Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil (PAL-M),
Brunei, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic (PAL & SECAM) ,Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Hungary,
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Korea (North), Kuwait, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia,
Malta, Monaco (PAL & SECAM), Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay,
Poland (PAL & SECAM) , Portugal, Qatar, Romania (PAL & SECAM), Saudi Arabia (PAL & SECAM), Sierra Leone,
Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda,
United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay (PAL-N), Yemen (A.R.), Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SECAM (Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire)
625 Lines/50 Hz
Albania, Benin, Bulgaria, Congo, Czech Republic (PAL & SECAM), Djibouti, Egypt, France, Gabon, Greece, Guadaloupe,
Guyana, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Martinique, Mauritius, Monaco (PAL &
SECAM ), Mongolia, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Poland (PAL & SECAM), Reunion, Romania (PAL & SECAM), Russia,
Saudi Arabia (PAL & SECAM), Senegal, Syria, Tahiti, Togo, Tunisia, USSR (former), Viet Nam, Zaire
Because of political changes in the last few years, some eastern European countries that are listed under SECAM may now use PAL format.
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