625-lines is a
standard-definition television
Standard-definition television (SDTV, SD, often shortened to standard definition) is a television system which uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition. "Standard" refers to it being the prevailing sp ...
resolution used mainly in the context of analog systems. It was first demonstrated by Mark Iosifovich Krivosheev in 1948.
Analog broadcast television standards
The following
International Telecommunication Union
The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ...
standards Standard may refer to:
Symbols
* Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs
* Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification
Norms, conventions or requirements
* Standard (metrology), an object t ...
use 625-lines:
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CCIR System B
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CCIR System D
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CCIR System G
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CCIR System H
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CCIR System I
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CCIR System K
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CCIR System L
Analog color television systems
The following
analog television
Analog television is the original television technology that uses analog signals to transmit video and audio. In an analog television broadcast, the brightness, colors and sound are represented by amplitude, phase and frequency of an analog s ...
color systems were used in conjunction with the 625-line standards listed previously:
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PAL
Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a colour encoding system for analogue television. It was one of three major analogue colour television standards, the others being NTSC and SECAM. In most countries it was broadcast at 625 lines, 50 fields (25 ...
analog color television system
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SECAM
SECAM, also written SÉCAM (, ''Séquentiel de couleur à mémoire'', French for ''color sequential with memory''), is an analog color television system that was used in France, some parts of Europe and Africa, and Russia. It was one of th ...
analog color television system
Digital video
625-lines is sometimes mentioned when digitizing analog video, or when outputting digital video in a standard-definition analog compatible format.
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576i, a
standard-definition television
Standard-definition television (SDTV, SD, often shortened to standard definition) is a television system which uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition. "Standard" refers to it being the prevailing sp ...
digital video mode
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PAL region
The PAL region is a television publication territory that covers most of Europe and Africa, alongside parts of Asia, South America and Oceania. It is named PAL because of the PAL (Phase Alternating Line) television standard traditionally used i ...
, a common term regarding video games, meaning regions where the 625-lines PAL standard was traditionally used.
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PAL/SECAM DVD
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PAL/SECAM Video CD
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Rec. 601
ITU-R Recommendation BT.601, more commonly known by the abbreviations Rec. 601 or BT.601 (or its former name CCIR 601) is a standard originally issued in 1982 by the CCIR (an organization, which has since been renamed as the Internatio ...
, a 1982 standard for encoding interlaced analog video signals in digital video form.
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D-1 (Sony)
D-1 or 4:2:2 Component Digital is an SMPTE digital recording video standard, introduced in 1986 through efforts by SMPTE engineering committees. It started as a Sony and Bosch - BTS product and was the first major professional digital video ...
, a 1986 SMPTE digital recording video standard
See also
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525 lines 525-lines is a standard-definition television resolution used mainly in the context of analog systems.
Analog broadcast television standards
The following International Telecommunication Union standards use 525-lines:
* CCIR System J
* CCIR Syst ...
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576p
576p is the shorthand name for a video display resolution. The ''p'' stands for progressive scan, i.e. non- interlaced, the ''576'' for a vertical resolution of 576 pixels (the frame rate can be given explicitly after the letter). Usually it corr ...
References
Television technology
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