Question: Do I have to be concerned about using “Broadcast Safe Color” correction when doing a video for use as an MP4 that is for display on a computer screen? How about a closed circuit loop? If I’m only outputting to DVD? should the DVD be filtered for “broadcast safe”?
Answer: Broadcast safe means that all colors within the video fall within the legal gamut of NTSC transmission standards. In short, if it’s not going to be aired or sent through cable/sat, then it doesn’t really apply to your stuff.
Broadcast Safe is really just enforced by the FCC or the Federal Communications Commission. They put a regulation on how a video will look in order for it to be broadcast on television only.
The requirements for NTSC (which is used in North America and various other parts of the world) are as follows.
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