[BC] CBS Color...lived on

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In a message dated Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:23:53 -0700, PeterH5322 
<peterh5322 at rattlebrain.com> writes:

<<
> >According to Donald Fink's "The Forces at Work Behind the NTSC
> >Standards" at <www.ntsc-tv.com>, the CBS system was an incompatible
> >405 (not 441) vertical line system.
>
>I believe the author is confused.
>
>405 lines was the former British monochrome standard.
>
>441 sounds about right for CBS' field sequential system.
 >>


I can find no source that claims 441 lines for the CBS system, yet 
several that claim 405 lines. See:

<http://www.novia.net/~ereitan/Color_Sys_CBS.html>
<http://www.earlytelevision.org/cbs_color_system.html>
<http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/colortelevis/colortelevis.htm>
<http://home.att.net/~pldexnis/potpourri1/1951CBScolor2004/1951CBScolor2004.html>

What is your source?

441 lines was, however, the earlier 'standard' before the 525 line 
system was adopted, but it has nothing to do with the CBS color 
system. Perhaps that is where your number comes from?


Kind Regards,
David