William Sommerwerck wrote:
I don't have the time to discuss this at length, but NTSC's
unfortunate reverse-acronym was the result of poor studio
standards, and is not inherent in the system.

It is. Multipath effects caused unacceptable phase and color shifts.

This is like saying that the design of eggs is fundamentally flawed, because
if you drop them, they break.


Its more akin to saying that if you want to play handball with eggs,
don't do it on a concrete patio.