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Rec. 601

ITU-R Recommendation BT.601, more commonly known by the abbreviations Rec. 601 or BT.601 (or its former name CCIR 601), is a standard originally issued in 1982 by the CCIR (an organization, which has since been renamed as the International Telecommunication Union – Radiocommunication sector) for encoding interlaced analog video signals in digital video…

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Authors
ITU-R (CCIR)
Base standards
Rec.601, BT.601, CCIR 601
Domain
Digital image processing
First published
1982; 44 years ago (1982)
Latest version
BT.601-7 March 8, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-03-08)
Related standards
ISO/IEC MPEG, ITU-T H.26x

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Rec. 601

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples27
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Rec. 601

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related to history · 16
Rec. 601 → AA/11, At, CCIR Plenary Assembly, CCIR Study Group, Digital Television, Draft Rec, Encoding Parameters, February, In, ITU, ITU-R Rec, NTSC, PAL, SECAM, Studios, This
Authors · 1
Rec. 601 → ITU-R (CCIR)
Base standards · 1
Rec. 601 → Rec.601, BT.601, CCIR 601
Domain · 1
Rec. 601 → Digital image processing
First published · 1
Rec. 601 → 1982; 44 years ago (1982)
Latest version · 1
Rec. 601 → BT.601-7 March 8, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-03-08)
Related standards · 1
Rec. 601 → ISO/IEC MPEG, ITU-T H.26x
Status · 1
Rec. 601 → Approved
Website · 1
Rec. 601 → www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BT.601/
related to Transfer characteristics · 1
Rec. 601 → Rec

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rec 601 bt digital ccir standard video encoding luminance used itu-r sampling 1982 standards approved values analog ycbcr signal format

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Rec. 601AuthorsITU-R (CCIR)1.00infobox
Rec. 601Base standardsRec.601, BT.601, CCIR 6011.00infobox
Rec. 601DomainDigital image processing1.00infobox
Rec. 601First published1982; 44 years ago (1982)1.00infobox
Rec. 601Latest versionBT.601-7 March 8, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-03-08)1.00infobox
Rec. 601Related standardsISO/IEC MPEG, ITU-T H.26x1.00infobox
Rec. 601StatusApproved1.00infobox
Rec. 601Websitewww.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BT.601/1.00infobox
filter undershootsinstance ofEight-bit code values from 1 through 15 provide footroom and can be used to accommodate transient signal content0.80text
filter overshootsinstance ofcode values 236 through 254 provide headroom and can be used to accommodate transient signal content0.80text
Rec. 601related to historyIn0.60section
Rec. 601related to historyPAL0.60section

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