[rescue] Hello?

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 10:33:29PM -0500, Eric Webb wrote:
> On Friday 05 April 2002 01:15 pm, you wrote:
> > 
> > Didja know the video on those things is analog, unlike DVDs.
> 
> Many of my friends in the TV biz say that "if the public knew what broadcast 
> quality analog video looked like, they wouldn't want any of this compressed, 
> digital sh1t..."  

If the public saw broadcast quality, most of them wouldn't be able to tell
the difference.  Just like most people insist that MP3s are just as good.
Frankly, with current prices, I think it is getting to be near time for
a computer juke box.  Just slap a pair of 60 gig drives in a machine, then
leave everything uncompressed.
 
> Granted, there's a lot of cool manipulations that one can do with digital 
> video, but his point is well put.  The public just doesn't know any better.

Of course there are lots of cool manipulations.  The problem isn't the digital
(well, it is, but that is a very small part), it is the compression.


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Joshua D. Boyd