RECOMMENDATION ITU-R BT.1298 - Enhanced wide-screen NTSC TV transmission system ANNEX 1 - EDTV-II system specification 1 Introduction 2 Features of EDTV-II transmission system 2.1 Vertical conversion to 360-line letterbox picture 2.2 Enhancement by vertical helpers (VH, VT) 2.3 Enhancement by horizontal helper (HH) 2.4 Wide-screen signalling system 2.5 Chrominance signal, audio signal 3 Input signal formats for EDTV-II transmission system 4 Wide-screen technique of EDTV-II 5 EDTV-II techniques for enhancement of picture quality 5.1 Enhancement technique for vertical resolution 5.2 Enhancement technique for horizontal resolution 5.3 Interference visibility reduction techniques in multiplexing the vertical helpers 6 Signalling APPENDIX 1 TO ANNEX 1 - Recommended practices 1 Pre-filtering for input signal sources 2 Pre-combing in the horizontal helper (HH) multiplexing