[Tom Matthies]

I suppose it would help to add the link to the article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC

For ATSC TV:
https://www.atsc.org/cms/index.php/standards/standards

For NTSC analog:
https://antiqueradio.org/art/NTSC%20Signal%20Specifications.pdf

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[Tom Matthies]

It is complicated and analog and digital have different reasons for the standards. Basically it to keep the luminance and chroma components of a signal under control so as not to cause problems in transmission or display of the final picture. An analogy might be recording an audio signal on a recorder at the wrong level, like putting a line level signal into a mic level input. All kinds of distortion will occur. That’s simplified but it’s basically to assure that the signal coming out is as close to the signal going in as possible.

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[Tom Matthies]

It’s a little dense but this article explains a lot.
Your explanation is most correct. In analog (NTSC) video, once the first line is scanned, the next line to be scanned is actually line 3 (not line 2). This goes on scanning every odd line until the bottom of the screen. At this point, back at the top of the picture, the even lines are displayed and interlaces with the odd lines. This is where the concept of interlaces TV is formed. All of the odd lines are displayed and in the next 1/60th of a second the even lines are displayed forming a full raster in 1/3oth of a second-for NTSC. PAL is a bit different but similar. ATSC TV is different. Here the blanking intervals are needed mostly for proper timing of the signals and not necessarily for the blanking of the electron beam within the receiver. It’s important in the timing of the transmission signals and in the decoder of an ATSC receiver. Same timing but different reasons.

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[Tom Matthies]

That deck DOES have an RS-422 jack. It’s the one labeled “Remote” right above the RS-232 port. Use this connector with the Kona card and not the RS-232 port. It should be pretty much plug and play unless the menu settings on the deck were changed.

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[Tom Matthies]

I prefer to call a video that is both letter boxed and pillar boxed…litter boxed. 🙂

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[Tom Matthies]

I have an older 3-Play in my remote truck. No issues in four years of use.

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[Tom Matthies]

Networks yes. But the reference was made to airing on a local station. Most smaller, non-network stations will only accept a 29.97 show. They don’t have the facilities to convert from 23.98. Just playing Devil’s Advocate.

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[Tom Matthies]

It’s kind of like asking how much is it going to be to build a house. It all depends on the complexity of the show. Many effects? Lots of color correction? Audio sweetening and so on. It also depends on your skill level as an editor. There’s really no answer to this question without knowing more about the program.

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[Tom Matthies]

Newtek 3-Play?

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[Tom Matthies]

I notice that you are also planning to shoot at 23.98. If you edit in 23.98, do you have a way to convert your final show to 29.97 for broadcast. TV or cable won’t take a 23.98 program since it can’t be aired at that frame rate. Shoot 24 over 30 perhaps?

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