Recommendation ITU-R BT.709-5
(04/2002)
Parameter values for the HDTV
standards for production and
international programme
exchange
BT Series
Broadcasting service
(television)
ii
Rec. ITU-R BT.709-5
Foreword
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Title
Satellite delivery
Recording for production, archival and play-out; film for television
Broadcasting service (sound)
Broadcasting service (television)
Fixed service
Mobile, radiodetermination, amateur and related satellite services
Radiowave propagation
Radio astronomy
Remote sensing systems
Fixed-satellite service
Space applications and meteorology
Frequency sharing and coordination between fixed-satellite and fixed service systems
Spectrum management
Satellite news gathering
Time signals and frequency standards emissions
Vocabulary and related subjects
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BR
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F
M
P
RA
RS
S
SA
SF
SM
SNG
TF
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RECOMMENDATION ITU-R BT.709-5*
Parameter values for the HDTV** standards for production
and international programme exchange
(Question ITU-R 27/11)
Scope
This Recommendation defines the image format parameters and values for HDTV. Part 1 of this
Recommendation is not in current use and is included to capture historic evolution of the Recommendation.
Part 2 of the Recommendation is widely deployed; implementers of broadcasting technologies should apply
the values contained in Part 2.
(1990-1994-1995-1998-2000-2002)
The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly,
considering
that for many years HDTV programmes have been produced in several countries;
a)
that parameter values for HDTV production standards should have maximum commonality;
b)
that two HDTV scanning standards, 1125/60/2:1 and 1250/50/2:1, were previously
c)
developed for that purpose, having a significant number of parameters which have been agreed on
a worldwide basis, and for which some equipment remains in use;
that a HDTV common image format of 1 920 pixels by 1080 lines providing square pixel
d)
sampling and a number of interlace and progressive picture rates has been designed for digital
television, computer imagery and other applications (in this Recommendation, the term pixel is
used to describe a picture element in the digital domain);
that the parameters defined for all these systems meet the quality goals set for HDTV;
e)
f)
that film productions are an important programme source for HDTV broadcasting and,
conversely, the use of HDTV production systems has significant benefits for film programme
production;
g)
conversion to 525/625 television systems, has been successfully implemented;
h)
that high-quality conversion between the various HDTV systems, as well as down-
that programmes produced and archived will not become obsolete using these standards,
recommends
that for HDTV programme production and international exchange, one of the systems
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described in Part 2 of this Recommendation, should be used.
* Radiocommunication Study Group 6 made editorial amendments to this Recommendation in 2009 in
accordance with Resolution ITU-R 1.
** “A high-definition system is a system designed to allow viewing at about three times the picture height,
such that the system is virtually, or nearly, transparent to the quality of portrayal that would have been
perceived in the original scene or performance by a discerning viewer with normal visual acuity.” Report
ITU-R BT.801.
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Signal parameter values for the 1125/60/2:1 system
and the 1250/50/2:1 system
Part 1
HDTV systems related to conventional television1
(The areas in bold characters in the Tables below denote parameter values which have been agreed to
on a worldwide basis.)
Opto-electronic conversion
1
Item
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
2
Item
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
Parameter
Opto-electronic transfer characteristics
before non-linear precorrection
Overall opto-electronic transfer
characteristics at source
Chromaticity coordinates (CIE, 1931)
Primary
– Red (R)
– Green (G)
– Blue (B)
Assumed chromaticity for equal primary
signals
(Reference white)
ER = EG = EB
Picture characteristics
Value
1125/60/2:1
1250/50/2:1
Assumed linear
for 1 ≥ L ≥ 0.018
for 0.018 > L ≥ 0
V = 1.099 L0.45 – 0.099
V = 4.500 L
where:
L:
V: corresponding electrical signal
luminance of the image 0 ≤ L ≤ 1
x
0.640
0.300
0.150
x
0.3127
y
0.330
0.600
0.060
y
0.3290
D65
Parameter
1125/60/2:1
Aspect ratio
Sample per active line
Sampling lattice
Active lines per picture
1250/50/2:1
Value
16:9
1920
Orthogonal
1035
1152
1 This Part 1 specifies parameter values used in the early days of analogue high definition television
implementation. It is provided here in recognition of the fact that it is no longer in use today, but vintage
HDTV programs of historical values still exist in the form of analogue video tape recordings, that may
occasionally need to be played back on appropriate equipment.
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Picture scanning characteristics
Item
Parameter
3.1
Order of sample scanning
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
Interlace ratio
Picture rate (Hz)
Total number of lines
Field frequency (Hz)
Line frequency (Hz)
Value
1125/60/2:1
1250/50/2:1
Left to right, top to bottom 1st line of
field 1 above 1st line of field 2
2:1
30
1125
60
25
1250
50
33 750 ± 0.001%
31 250 ± 0.0001%
3
4
Signal format
The terms R, G, B, Y, CB, CR, are often used and are generally understood to refer to the signals
,GE′
respectively (i.e. they correspond to gamma pre-corrected signals).
,BE′
,YE′
,BCE′
RCE′
,RE′
Item
Parameter
4.1
Conceptual non-linear precorrection of primary signals
4.2
Derivation of luminance signal
)1(
YE′
4.3
Derivation of colour-difference signal (analogue coding)(1)
Value
1125/60/2:1
1250/50/2:1
γ = 0.45
(see item 1.2)
YE′ = 0.2126 RE′ +
0.7152 GE′ +
0.0722 BE′
BE′
RE′
BCE′ = 0.5389
RCE′ = 0.6350
(
(
–
–
YE′ = 0.299 RE′ +
0.587 GE′ +
0.114 BE′
BE′
(
RE′
BCE′ = 0.564
RCE′ = 0.713
(
–
–
)YE′
)YE′
)YE′
)YE′
4.4
Derivation of colour-difference signal (digital
coding) CB, CR
Digitally scaled from the values of item 4.3
(1) The coefficients for the equations have been calculated following the rules laid down in SMPTE RP177-1993.
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Analogue representation
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Levels are specified in millivolts (mV) measured across a matched 75 Ω termination.
Parameter
Value
1125/60/2:1
1250/50/2:1
Item
5.1
5.2
Nominal level (mV)
′
EEEE
Y
′
G
′
R
′
B
,
,
,
Nominal level (mV)
′
′
C E
E
C
,
B
R
5.3
Form of synchronizing signal
5.4
Line sync timing reference
Sync level (mV)
Sync signal timing
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
Reference black: 0
Reference white: 700
(see Fig. 1)
± 350
(see Fig. 1)
Tri-level bipolar
(see Fig. 2)
OH
(see Fig. 2)
± 300 ± 2%
(See Table 1 and Fig. 3)
Sync on all components
(See Fig. 4)
– rise time
50 ± 10 ns (between
10-90%)
– see also footnote (1)
Inter-component timing accuracy
Not applicable
± 2 ns
Blanking interval
(See Table 1 and Fig. 5)
(See Tables 2 and 3)
Nominal signal bandwidth (MHz)
30 (for all components)
(1) When using R, G, B signals, the use of syncs on at least the green channel is advised; transmission of separate syncs is also
acceptable. When using Y, CB, CR signals the Y signal at least carries sync.
mV
+700
+300
0
–300
+350
+300
0
–300
–350
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FIGURE 1
Sync level on component signals
ER′ , EG′ , EB′ , EY′
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′ , E ′CR
ECB
Blanking interval
OH
FIGURE 2
Form of synchronizing signal
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OH
Tr
Line sync
timing reference
(The waveform exhibits symmetry with respect to point Tr)
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Line synchronizing signal waveform for the 1125/60/2:1 system
FIGURE 3
f
f
f
2
/
V
p
S
2
/
p
S
2
/
V
m
S
2
/
m
S
a
c
b
d
OH
Line sync timing references
e
90%
10%
t1
t2
f
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