Deals with the standard conditions and methods of measurement on television receivers that conform to the terrestrial broadcast television standards specified by the ITU-R. Such receivers may be used for direct off-air reception, reception via cabled networks or as a monitor for prerecorded video, home movies and games among other applications. Deals with the determination of performance and permits the comparison of equipment by listing the characteristics which are useful for specifications and by laying down uniform methods of measurement for these characteristics. performance requirements are not specified.