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- From: jonathan@rahul.net (Jonathan Heiliger)
- Subject: Re: TV resolution?
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- References: <1992Nov12.190043.1@mars.slu.edu> <Bxn4Jt.K2p@rahul.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:00:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.113157.12225@waikato.ac.nz> ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence
- D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:
-
- >I heard that the original black-and-white NTSC was 60Hz, and that the frame
- >rate was lowered slightly to accommodate the colour signal--probably a
- question
- >of avoiding interference between integer multiples of different frequencies.
-
- I couldn't tell you exactly. I was told and I have seen in print that NTSC
- cycles at 59.94Hz. A 60Hz reading could just be a 'round-up'
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