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.