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Article #4284Re: I don't need HDTV!
From: Glenn C. Brown
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 1990 02:53
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 1990 02:53
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bowers@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Al Bowers) writes: >>In article <1990Mar15.090214.9871@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu> gbrown@tybalt.caltech.edu (Glenn C. Brown) writes: >Just as a point of reference laser disc has always been a superior to >tape. The fundamental reason for this is the digital nature of LDs. Uh, well, It's not exactly digital: It's PWM (pulse width modulation). This is the ANALOG recording of discrete samples. Therefore the recording is discrete, but I don't think it qualifies as digital. >I'd vote for a clean break from the current NTSC standard in the new >HDTV standard. Give me anywhere from 500 to 1000 lines horizontal >resolution and I could be happy with that until I'm old and gray... >Just another opinion... I hear you: GIVE ME. But are you willing to PAY for it? You sound like those comp.sys.mac people who say the low cost Mac should have at least a 68030 and 4 megs of RAM and 256 colors. :-P Glenn
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu!tybalt.caltech.edu!gbrown From: gbrown@tybalt.caltech.edu (Glenn C. Brown) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.graphics,comp.std.internat,rec.video Subject: Re: I don't need HDTV! Message-ID: <1990Mar17.025325.9827@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu> Date: 17 Mar 90 02:53:25 GMT References: <8Zx8Ip200ioEMMrHEF@andrew.cmu.edu> <132618@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <BOWERS.90Mar16105816@drynix.dfrf.nasa.gov> Sender: news@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 22