National Television System Committee (NTSC)

Color TV standard developed in the U.S. in 1953 by National Television System Committee. NTSC is used in United States, Canada, Japan, in most of the American continent countries and in various Asian countries. Rest of the world uses either some variety of PAL or SECAM standards.

NTSC runs on 525 lines/frame and its vertical frequency is 60Hz. NTSC's framerate is 29,97 frames/sec.

For more information, see the glossary definitions for:

PAL SECAM