A. VIDEO STANDARD RASTER DEFINITIONS
A.1. STANDARD DEFINITION VIDEO FORMAT SUMMARY
The 9590 Graticule Generator supports CCIR601 format video in both 525 and 625 formats. SMPTE
recommended practice RP 187-1995 defines the following video format characteristics:
Total Raster:
Lines
Pixels
Production Aperture:
Size (pixels x lines)
Vertical Extent
Horizontal Extent
Clean Aperture
Size (pixels x lines)
Vertical Extent
Horizontal Extent
Center of Image
Horizontal
midway between pixels
Vertical
Horizontal position
Pixel Aspect Ratio
Standard (4:3)
Anamorphic (16:9)
Transmission Blanking
Narrow
Nominal
Wide
Safe Area Dimensions (Standard Practice)
Safe Action
Safe Title
Figure A-1: Standard Definition Video Format Parameters
VIDEO STANDARDS DEFINITIONS
Models 9590 & HD9590 Graticule Generator Manual
Field 1
Field 2
Field 1
Field 2
Field 1
Field 2
midway between lines
With respect to 0
H
525 Line
1 to 263
264 to 525
768 (0 to 767)
720 x 486
21 to 263
283 to 525
0 to 719
708 x 480
22 to 261
285 to 524
6 to 713
359 and 360
404 field 2
142 field 1
approx 35.667 µS
160/177
(approx. .90395)
640/531
(approx. 1.20527)
pixel 717 to 1
pixel 716 to 2
pixel 714 to 5
90 %
80 %
Revision 1.4
625 Line
1 to 312
313 to 625
768 (0 to 767)
720 x 576
23 to 310
336 to 623
0 to 719
690 x 566
25 to 308
338 to 621
15 to 704
359 and 360
479 field 2
167 field 1
approx 36.407 µS
1132/1035
(approx 1.094)
4528/3105
(approx. 1.45829)
pixel 711 to 6
pixel 710 to 8
pixel 706 to 12
93 %
86 %
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