What is the difference between NTSC 3.58 and NTSC 4.43 ?

-- Videoman (v_i_d_e_o@hotmail.com), May 09, 1999

Answers

THE NTSC 3.58 IS SOCALLED RAW FORMAT I MEAN THATIS PURE U.S AND JAPAN TV SYSTEM. NTSC 4.43 IS MODIFCATE NTSC THIS SYSTEM IS IN USE ON PAL VIDEO RECORDERS WICH CAN PLAY NTSC ON PAL AND MODIFICATE REPRODUCTION AMERICAN VIDEO TAPE ON PAL TV.

-- GORAN petrovic (goran.petrovic@zg.tel.hr), May 11, 1999.

Actually the number means the frequency of the color carrier which is different for PAL and NTSC, i.e. 3.58MHz for NTSC and 4.43 MHz for PAL. So, you will have color on your recorded NTSC movie using this PAL compliant VCR mentionen earlier.

-- Axel Kochale (Axel.Kochale@ieee.org), September 14, 1999.

FYI: NTSC 4.43 is also known as NTSC-J. It is a "PAL-type" NTSC in that it uses the same sub-carrier colour frequency as PAL (in comparison to ordinary NTSC which uses 3.58 MHz as its subcarrier).

NTSC-J (4.43) is used only in Japan. NTSC-M (3.58) is used elsewhere in other NTSC countries.

NTSC-J looks slightly better than ordinary NTSC because it has a better signal/noise ratio.

I prefer the PAL standard. It provides sharper pictures and colors that are far more brilliant than NTSC. The only thing that I don't like is the noticable flicker, but newer TVs have doubled the old PAL standard of 1/50 fields per second to 1/100 fields per sec.

-- John Asavian (speakrite@hotmail.com), March 11, 2003.

is there any way to convert from NTSC 3.58 TO NTSC 4.43?

-- harish (nharishkumar@hotmail.com), April 28, 2003.

Yes, there is a way to convert between ntsc 3.58 and ntsc 4.43. Visit the following website: www.tenlab.com. They sell converters that can do the trick. Personally, I think even a PANASONIC AG-W1 Video Recorder can also do the job, but you'll need another vcr to record the converted image.

Best Regards, Joe Nemes, Hungary

-- Joe Nemes (joenemesh@yahoo.com), June 13, 2003.

Will an NTSC 4.43 formatted tape play on a regular NTSC 3.58 VCR?

-- Brenton Skippings (skippyopolous@yahoo.com), December 22, 2003.