625-lines is a
standard-definition television 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 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
CCIR System I is an analogue broadcast television system. It was first used in the Republic of Ireland starting in 1962 as the 625-line broadcasting standard to be used on VHF Band I and Band III, sharing Band III with 405-line System A signals ...
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CCIR System K
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CCIR System L
Analog color television systems
The following
analog television 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
576i is a standard-definition digital video mode, originally used for digitizing analog television in most countries of the world where the utility frequency for electric power distribution is 50 Hz. Because of its close association with ...
, a
standard-definition television 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, a 1982 standard for encoding interlaced analog video signals in digital video form.
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D-1 (Sony), a 1986 SMPTE digital recording video standard
See also
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525 lines
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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 cor ...
References
Television technology
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