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SMPTE color bars

SMPTE color bars are a television test pattern used where the NTSC video standard is utilized, including countries in North America. The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) refers to the pattern as Engineering Guideline (EG) 1-1990. Its components are a known standard, and created by test pattern generators. Comparing it as…

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SMPTE ECR 1-1978 (SDTV)

SMPTE RP 219:2002 (HDTV version)

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SMPTE color bars

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples18
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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SMPTE color bars

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related to SMPTE RP 219:2002 (HDTV version) · 16
SMPTE color bars → An, ARIB STD-B28, Businesses, COLOR, Digital, HDTV, High-Definition, Japanese Association, Radio Industries, RP, SDTV, Signal, SMPTE RP, Standard-Definition Compatible Color Bar, TESTIMAGES, The Color Bar

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color bars test smpte signal television standard video pattern ntsc bar used 2002 100 blue transmission values rp 219 luminance

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
a real-time clockinstance ofother information0.80text
or another signal source is graphically superimposed over the bars.Analog NTSCValues of 75instance ofother information0.80text
SMPTE color barsrelated to SMPTE RP 219:2002 (HDTV version)An0.60section
SMPTE color barsrelated to SMPTE RP 219:2002 (HDTV version)Japanese Association0.60section
SMPTE color barsrelated to SMPTE RP 219:2002 (HDTV version)Radio Industries0.60section
SMPTE color barsrelated to SMPTE RP 219:2002 (HDTV version)Businesses0.60section
SMPTE color barsrelated to SMPTE RP 219:2002 (HDTV version)ARIB STD-B280.60section
SMPTE color barsrelated to SMPTE RP 219:2002 (HDTV version)SMPTE RP0.60section
SMPTE color barsrelated to SMPTE RP 219:2002 (HDTV version)High-Definition0.60section
SMPTE color barsrelated to SMPTE RP 219:2002 (HDTV version)Standard-Definition Compatible Color Bar0.60section
SMPTE color barsrelated to SMPTE RP 219:2002 (HDTV version)Signal0.60section
SMPTE color barsrelated to SMPTE RP 219:2002 (HDTV version)HDTV0.60section

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