Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:36:59 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VCD (was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c) Message-ID: <20010122103659.A90890@citusc17.usc.edu> In-Reply-To: <v04220823b6912830c2f6@[10.0.1.2]>; from brad.knowles@skynet.be on Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 01:03:12AM %2B0100 References: <200101211447.f0LElEk04073@mobile.wemm.org> <KAECKEJJOLGHAFGGNIKMAELICAAA.res02jw5@gte.net> <20010121145018.A73989@citusc17.usc.edu> <v04220820b69121b53c13@[10.0.1.2]> <20010121155556.B75159@citusc17.usc.edu> <v04220823b6912830c2f6@[10.0.1.2]>
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--k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 01:03:12AM +0100, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 3:55 PM -0800 2001/1/21, Kris Kennaway wrote: >=20 > > It's a multi-system TV which does NTSC and PAL natively. No conversion > > is involved (unless I tell my VCR to convert from NTSC to PAL, in > > which case there IS degradation) >=20 > I've got a multi-system TV, too. Trust me, there's always a=20 > "native" format, and a converted format. Since most multi-system=20 > video devices seem to come from Europe, they would naturally be=20 > "native" PAL or SECAM format, and NTSC would be the converted format. Regardless, this doesn't affect the situation I was talking about: my two independent subjects were comparing the quality of PAL video on my TV (which is actually sub-optimal quality because of very slight display artefacts in the picture tube) with their experience of NTSC on presumably similar-quality NTSC equipment. Kris -- NOTE: To fetch an updated copy of my GPG key which has not expired, finger kris@FreeBSD.org --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6bH3LWry0BWjoQKURArSKAKDDdORW8omvLoctFdjO867vxrL+fgCg5nZX sNvy5cYG5g//8mcj16j+2ZI= =8UF6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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