Oscar Brandenburg

Test card Test card Test signal in television broadcasting "Test pattern" redirects here. For other uses, see Test Pattern (disambiguation). A test card, also known as a test pattern or start-up/closedown test, is a television test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no program is being broadcast (often at sign-on and sign-off),[1] and may be accompanied by a bleep sound. SMPTE color bars: common NTSC test pattern PM5544: common PAL test pattern Used since the earliest TV broadcasts, test cards were originally physical cards at which a television camera was pointed, allowing for simple adjustments of picture quality.[2] Such cards are still often used for calibration, alignment, and matching of cameras and camcorders. From the…

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