Hello,My dear friends, there is one easy way to determine these two camera.
Different DSP system has different resolution, the dsp system of 420tvl is CXD3142+ICX633/2.
and the 600tvl is NVP2040+ICX639/8, most of manufacturer use these two dsp system for their camera. and how to separate CXD3142 from NVP2040? see the attached picture, you can find the model of the DSP on the back of the board camera.Thank you.