Introduction When ITU-R BT.601, formally CCIR-601, was developed (which defined the YCbCr color space, the 4:2:2 YCbCr sampling organization, and sampling resolutions), it was soonfollowedbyITU-RBT.656(formallyCCIR-656). BT
BT.656 defined the parallel and serial interfaces for transmitting 4:2:2 YCbCr digital video between equipment in studio and pro-video applications. Active video resolutions are either 720 x 486 (525/60 video systems) or 720 x 576 (625/50 video syst