Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:16:41 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> 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: <20010122101641.J93049@wantadilla.lemis.com> 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 Sunday, 21 January 2001 at 16:54:22 -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 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. :) ) "PCS" is a blanket term for digital phones. It includes GSM, even if it's not used that way. > But since the rest of the world uses SI units and GSM phones, there > is not much "leading" there. Note that in Australia we're using CDMA as well because of some of the design limitations of GSM. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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