Several systems were proposed as the new standard for the US, including the Japanese MUSE system, but all were rejected by the FCC because of their higher bandwidth requirements. At this time, the number of television channels was growing rapidly and bandwidth was already a problem. A new standard had to be more efficient, needing less bandwidth for HDTV than the existing NTSC. COUNT 5
QSN1 Why did the FCC reject systems such as MUSE? ANS1 their higher bandwidth requirements QSN2 What was increasing and consuming a lot of bandwidth? ANS2 television channels QSN3 Who rejected systems such as MUSE as the new standard for the US? ANS3 the FCC QSN4 What was one of the requirements for a new standard system in the US? ANS4 had to be more efficient, needing less bandwidth QSN5 What was the existing system at the time? ANS5 NTSC