480 (480i) abbreviated name for the format video is the video which is in the image, the standard TV in the TV system, analog or digital, in most countries of Continental America (excluding Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay), the Caribbean, Myanmar, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines used.

The purpose of the number 480 in. resolution 480, linear vertical, and what is meant by "i", etc. refers to the resolution of the network or one among (Interlaced). Rates, storage in this extension, usually 60 Hz (or 59 of 94 Hz in the color space NTSC).