Ever wonder why analog TV in North America is so weird from a technical standpoint? [standupmaths] did, so he did a little poking into the history of the universally hated NTSC standard for color ...

We’ve often said that some technological advancements seemed like alien technology for their time. Sometimes we look back and think something would be easy until we realize they didn’t ...

WASHINGTON — Ever hear of the “color wars?” If not, read on. Though not covered in mainstream history books, these wars cost millions of dollars and untold thousands of man hours to prosecute before ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. MPEG-2 transport streams, of which ATSC transport streams are a subset, can be uniquely ...

A DVD formatted for the NTSC market. Prior to digital television, NTSC and PAL were the two major analog TV formats, each with different frame rates and lines of resolution. When DVDs were introduced ...

The growing popularity and availability of high-definition television (HDTV) is creating a small revolution in the video industry. New video systems must be capable of handling the standard National ...

Replay: A couple of years ago the last active NTSC transmitter in the USA was finally switched off. The end of the system, jokingly referred to as Never Twice The Same Colour, was a cause for ...