NTSC STANDARD

Abbreviation for National Television Standards Committee standard. The North American standard (525- line interlaced raster -scanned video ) for the generation, transmission , and reception of television signals. Note 1: In the NTSC standard, picture information is transmitted in vestigial- sideband AM and sound information is transmitted in FM. Note 2: In addition to North America, the NTSC standard is used in Central America, a number of South American countries, and some Asian countries, including Japan. Contrast with PAL , PAL-M , SECAM .