The Grand Alliance/Advanced Television/SMPTE Standards

Aspect Ratio

H Active Pixels

Active Lines

Square Pixels

 Interlace or Progressive Scan

 Frame Rate Hz

 SMPTE Standard

 4:3

720

486

No

Interlace

29.97

125M

 4:3

640

480

Yes

Progressive

29.97

 

 4:3

640

480

Yes

Progressive

24

 

 4:3

640

480

Yes

Progressive

30, 60

 

 4:3

640

480

Yes

Progressive

59.94, 60

 

 4:3

704

 480

No

Progressive

23.98

 

16:9 

704

480

No

Interlace

29.97, 30

 

16:9

704

480

No

Progressive

23.98

293M

16:9

704

480

No

Progressive

59.94

274M

16:9

1280

720

Yes

Progressive

59.94, 60

274M 

16:9 

1920

1080

Yes

Progressive

24, 30

274M 

16:9

1920

1080

Yes

Interlace

29.97, 30

274M 

 

Pick your own television format. Choose ONE from each column below!

  Aspect Ratio

H Active Pixels 

Active Lines

Scanning

Frame Rate Hz

  4:3

640

480

Progressive

23.98

 16:9

704 

720

 Interlace

 24

 

 1280

 1080

 

 29.94

 

 1920

 

 

 30

 

 

 

 

 59.97

 

 

 

 

 60

 

Park's Home Page

Park's Projects: 1999 / Park's Projects: Fall 1999 / Park's Projects: Spring 2000 / Park's Projects Fall 2000/ Some small projects
Small jobs in 2002-2003

Television Shows

CBS's "Big Brother" / UPN's "Chains of Love" / ESPN's "Up Close"-"Unscripted" / Shania Twain CBS TV Special / The Tonight Show Visit
Roseanne Barr, The Domestic Goddess / Love Trance / The 2003 Academy Awards / American Idol Video Control
Disney Christmas Parade taping, 2003 / Rose Bowl 2004 and ESPN's College GameDay
My Life is a Sitcom, Video Control / ESPN Baseball World Series 2002

Design and Engineering

Design & Engineering / Panasonic NAB99 InterOp booth/ Roseanne's Full Moon High Tide Studios / Broadcast Equipment Restoration
EarthshipTV engineering design

Consultation

The Post Group / ITS Tech Retreat

Location Production and Press Events

Cozumel Cast and crew / Cozumel Resort pictures / Cozumel Production Stills / The Trip to Cozumel / The Island of St. Martin and Hurricane Jose'
Grand Princess Cruise Ship Press Event / Bugs Land "Flick's Fair" Grand Opening / Disneyland 45th Birthday
Disney's California Adventure Opening / Some small projects / Pearl Harbor Motion Picture World Premier / Tomorrowland Opening
Tomorrowland / Big Thunder taping / Disneyland Editing / USA Women's National Soccer Team / American Idol Video Control
Tommy Chong interview / ABC Casting Call / American Music Awards / Michael Jackson Party
World Harvest Church / High Definition commercials / Innoventions "Healthy U" exhibit production
Telemundo and Tower of Terror

Park's Info and Background

C. Park Seward Bio / Park in military broadcasting in Germany / Park in The Rubber Memory 
TRM Reunion Concert / Park's mic collection / Selected company credits / Client update history file / Candid Photo Gallery
Video Control info

Video Park History

Steven Soderbergh at Video Park / The early years: Video Park 1982-1990 / Video Park after 1990

Technical Information

Advanced TV formats / Lagniappe Page