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Karyudo
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10-Sep-2006, 9:02 PM
Originally posted by: iRantanplan
NTSC has 480 lines dude.


No, it doesn't (dude...). It has 525. And how many does it have the other way (vertical columns)? Hmm? That's right: not exactly defined in the analog domain. Which is why a broadcast camera is free to quote 700: it has a frequency response that gives 700 resolvable vertical lines in that direction, with 525 defined horizontal scan lines. Even lowly VHS has 525 scan lines. It has to: that's how NTSC works!

A broadcast camera claiming 700 lines is possibly analog, and certainly SD.