Not to be confused with a test card, which is regarded as a TV channel’s standard downtime test pattern. Test signals are other test patterns/mechanisms that are used for specific technical reasons and are generally broadcast for short periods – for example, as part of an engineering test. Examples: pulse and bar; sawtooth.
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Rewind
The museum of TV ephemera
