AN734Maxim > App Notes > VIDEO CIRCUITS Keywords: video signals, video resolution, video formats, picture basics, interlaced scanning, progressive scanning, analog videoApr 17, 2001APPLICATION NOTE 734Video BasicsAbstract: This article covers many of the fundamentals of analog video. It is divided into four sections: "Picture Basics" covers how a video picture is generated; "Resolution: Visual versus Format" discusses the different resolution formats and how resolution is specified and measured; "Formats and Interfaces" includes different types of video signals, waveforms, and interfaces; and the glossary at the end defines terms specific to video. This article covers many of the fundamentals of analog video. Video is defined for our purposes here as "moving pictures." Still imaging, lik……