Video Display Standards
New digital:
ATSC (USA, Canada, etc., Advanced Television Systems
Committee)
DVB (European, Digital Video Broadcasting)
ISDB (Japanese, Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting)
Old analog:
MAC (Europe - Obsolete)
MUSE (Japan-analog HDTV)
NTSC (USA, Canada, Japan, etc.)
PAL (Europe, Asia, Australia, etc.)
SÉCAM (France, ex-USSR, Central Africa) |
Video Connection Standards
Composite video (1 RCA or BNC)
Component video (3 RCA or BNC)
D4 video connector (new for HDTV)
S-Video (from Separated Video, 1 mini-DIN)
SCART (used in Europe)
DVI (uncompressed video only). HDCP optional
HDMI (uncompressed video & audio). HDCP mandatory.
RF connectors (from Radio Frequency coaxial connector)
BNC (Bayonet Niell-Concelman)
C connector (Concelman connector)
GR connector (General Radio connector)
F connector (used for U.S. domestic television
installations)
IEC 169-2 (IEC connector, used mostly in the UK)
N connector (Niell connector)
TNC connector (Threaded Niell-Concelman)
UHF connector (e.g. PL-259/SO-239)
SDI and HD-SDI
VGA connector (DB-9/15 or mini sub D15)
Mini-VGA (used for laptops) |
Analog Tape Formats
Ampex
VERA (BBC)
U-matic (Sony)
Betamax (Sony)
Betacam
Betacam SP
2" Quadruplex videotape (Ampex)
1" Type C videotape (Ampex and Sony)
VCR, VCR-LP, SVR
VHS (JVC)
S-VHS (JVC)
VHS-C (JVC)
Video 2000 (Philips)
8mm tape
Hi8 |
Digital Tape Formats
D1 (Sony)
D2 (Sony)
D3
D4
D5_HD
Digital Betacam (Sony)
Betacam IMX (Sony)
HDV
ProHD (JVC)
D-VHS (JVC)
DV
MiniDV
MicroMV
Digital8 (Sony) |
Optical Disc Storage Formats
DVD (was Super_Density_Disc, DVD Forum)
Laserdisc (old, MCA and Philips)
Blu-ray Disc (Sony)
Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD, Chinese government-sponsored)
HD DVD (Hitachi and Toshiba) |
Digital Encoding Formats
CCIR 601 (ITU-T)
M-JPEG (ISO)
MPEG-1 (ISO)
MPEG-2 (ISO)
MPEG-4 (ISO)
H.261 (ITU-T)
H.263 (ITU-T)
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (ITU-T + ISO)
Ogg-Theora |