Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 08:17:45 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, "Konstantinos Konstantinidis" <kkonstan@duth.gr>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Brad Knowles" <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <01b801c17fb8$70c36c50$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><000b01c17f42$c23ab140$0a0 0000a@atkielski.com><3C110351.4748B559@duth.gr><005001c17f6c$e60c0ef0$ 0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15377.17350.796336.801464@guru.mired.org> <006901c17f70$19a2f820$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <a05101004b8373f5230e8@[10.0.1.16]> <00d901c17fa0$9d81f800$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <a0510100bb8375314d283@[10.0.1.16]> <013e01c17fad$059cb3b0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <a05101018b837656c1f03@[10.0.1.16]>
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Brad writes: > The inner and outer diameter of the discs. Why are these compromises? With respect to what? > The type and color of laser used to read the > data. The fact that CDs are one-sided only, > when they could easily have been two-sided. Same questions as above. > No, they succeeded because they were good > enough, and everyone in the industry got together > and agreed that this is what they would > push. No, they succeeded on their own. DVDs, for example, took off faster than the industry anticipated--no pushing required. > It was a fait accompli -- the market never had > a chance to make a decision, because there was > never any competing products that were made available > at the time. Phonograph records and tape competed with audio CDs. VHS tape and laser discs competed with DVDs. > It still defines the analog broadcast standard, > which even the best prosumer digital cameras > available today have a hard time measuring up to. You are incorrect on both points. U-Matic is inferior to broadcast standards, and prosumer cameras can easily meet broadcast standards, and have been able to do so for quite some time. > Yes, it's obviously inferior to HDTV ... It's inferior even to Hi8. U-Matic is really quite bad. I've never understood how it has survived so long. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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