Old NTSC tricks: 240p?

[Michael Holley]

The French standard is SECAM, which stands for "System Essentially Contrary
to American Method"

Michael 

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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of geneb
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 1:07 PM
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Subject: Re: Old NTSC tricks: 240p?

On Tue, 17 Mar 2015, Dale H. Cook wrote:

> At 12:24 PM 3/17/2015, Paul Koning wrote:
>
>> When people refer to NTSC as a color encoding scheme, that?s a shorthand
for ?the color TV standard defined by the NTSC?.
>
> "NTSC" is National Television Standards Committee, which determined 
> analog TV standards in the US. The digital equivalent for current 
> receivers is ATSC - Advanced Television Standards Committee.

Today I learned that NTSC doesn't actually stand for Never Twice Same Color.
:)


g.

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