A 60 Field/Sec Variation on NTSC for Simulcasting with ATV

Charles W. Rhodes

The Grand Alliance ATV system is designed for both the NTSC field frequency 59.94 Hz and 60 fields/sec. The only reason for the NTSC field rate is to facilitate simulcasting as the new service is being introduced. This paper introduces an alternative to two field rates for ATV a variant of NTSC for simulcasting. This variation retains the present color subcarrier frequency, but operates at 60 fields/sec with a horizontal scan rate of 15,750 lines/sec — the same rates as the 525-line monochrome system employed. Theory is explained, and experiments conducted to date are described.

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Published
1995-10
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J17667