Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 15:32:06 -0800 From: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> To: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VCD (was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c) Message-ID: <20010121153206.A26061@darkstar.gte.net> In-Reply-To: <20010121165422.A44505@peorth.iteration.net>; from keichii@iteration.net on Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 04:54:22PM -0600 References: <200101211447.f0LElEk04073@mobile.wemm.org> <KAECKEJJOLGHAFGGNIKMAELICAAA.res02jw5@gte.net> <20010121145018.A73989@citusc17.usc.edu> <20010121165422.A44505@peorth.iteration.net>
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On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 04:54:22PM -0600, Michael C . Wu wrote: > On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 02:50:18PM -0800, Kris Kennaway scribbled: > | On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 03:36:52PM -0000, Jason Halbert wrote: > | > Err.. In what way is PAL better then NTSC? NTSC may have about 100 > | > lines less to scan, but it refreshes 10Hz faster then PAL. I used to > | > work in a facility that had a lot of PAL dubbing... if I watched the > | > PAL monitors for too long I would get a headache. You can actually > | > watch PAL flicker. > | > | I've never noticed the refresh rate, but the quality of picture is > | *noticeably* higher for PAL. I've had two US friends express > | unprompted amazement at seeing the resolution and picture quality of > | stuff taped from australian TV, for example (on my large, multi-system > | TV ;-). I got the impression that the big drawback to NTSC wasn't primarily the framerate/resolution argument, but the effects that being backwards compatible with B/W caused. (The color clock is marginal/unstable.) (The 50/60Hz issue has points to argue as well. Relative efficiencies and the like.) I notice how quickly the color information deteriorates on VHS (NTSC). But then again I have no love for DVD video or CD audio either. I think both were overly large compromises. (Reaches for a fire extinguisher.) Both formats do what they intended, but they seemed to have shot low. > > I ask the same questions about why Americans not using > GSM but PCS cell phones. (FYI, the reason for using PCS in the U.S. > was a pure political reason, none other than America wanting > to "lead" the industry. :) ) I always forget. Which system do people claim is better? I thought that GSM was trumpted as a great thing. > > But since the rest of the world uses SI units and GSM phones, > there is not much "leading" there. > > /me dons the Anti-American-Flame asbestos suit > > Note to NORAD: Please do not fire the ICBM's with U.S.A. markings > at my apartment. I do not have much use for them nowadays. > -- > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | keichii@peorth.iteration.net | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net | > | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. | > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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