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What Are The Differences In Lines Of Resolution Between Broadcasted And Recorded Video Sources?
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4. September 2004 @ 10:04 |
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Video reproduction comes in so many different packages today because of the many different ways in which it's transmitted or accessed. We all remember the days of early TV broadcasts which have been largely replaced by cable TV. The debate between which is better Betamax or VHS (Vertical Helical Scan, later changed to Video Home System) ultimately resulted in the lower quality of the two, VHS being adopted.
Broadcasted TV signals still remain and later on some even carried HD signals. As time progressed along came DVD playback, Digital cable, and High Definition TV. The debate here is in regards to their quality and lines of resolution. This thread is meant to be one of loose discussion as long as everyone plays nice.
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4. September 2004 @ 10:13 |
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I didn't mean to create a problem. It was just my opinion that a tv show off the airwaves not being DVD quality did not require DVDrebuilder.
The video capture and vcr resolution stuff just kinda got overblown.
Donald
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4. September 2004 @ 10:21 |
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And you were correct. If it turns out that there was some incorrect information then the record should be set straight. The difference between a debate and an argument is that in one we argue for ignorance and in the other we either teach or learn from our mistakes. I felt that jdobbs was cut short in his last answer and I think that he should be heard.
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4. September 2004 @ 10:25 |
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Here is a quote from the "bible" (FAQ):
"Everyone gets confused by the term "lines of horizontal resolution," also known as LoHR or TVL. It's a carryover from analog video, it's poorly understood, and it's inconsistently measured and reported by manufacturers, but we're stuck with it until all video is digital and we can simply report resolution in pixels.
Technically, lines of horizontal resolution refers to visually resolvable vertical lines per picture height. In other words, it's measured by counting the number of vertical black and white lines that can be distinguished an area that is as wide as the picture is high. The idea is to make the measurement independent of the aspect ratio. Lines of horizontal resolution applies both to television displays and to signal formats such as that produced by a DVD player. Most TVs have ludicrously high numbers listed for their horizontal resolution.
Since DVD has 720 horizontal pixels (on both NTSC and PAL discs), the horizontal resolution can be calculated by dividing 720 by 1.33 (from the 4:3 aspect ratio) to get 540 lines. On a 1.78 (16:9) display, you get 405 lines. In practice, most DVD players provide about 500 lines instead of 540 because of filtering and low-quality digital-to-analog converters. VHS has about 230 (172 widescreen) lines, broadcast TV has about 330 (248 widescreen), and laserdisc has about 425 (318 widescreen).
Don't confuse lines of horizontal resolution (resolution along the x axis) with scan lines (resolution along the y axis). DVD produces exactly 480 scan lines of active picture for NTSC and 576 for PAL. The NTSC standard has 525 total scan lines, but only 480 to 483 or so are visible. (The extra lines contain sync pulses and other information, such as the Closed Captions that are encoded into line 21). PAL has 625 total scan lines, but only about 576 to 580 are visible. Since all video formats (DVD, VHS, LD, broadcast, and so on) have the same number of scan lines, it's the horizontal resolution that makes the big difference in picture quality."
and here is a couple very good references:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/vidres.htm
http://www.petesvideo.com/vidformats.htm
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4. September 2004 @ 10:26 |
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I certainly don't wish to oppose Vurbal or jdobbs on any technical point. I would assuredly lose.
It was more of a general observation and opinion than technical infomation.
Donald
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jdobbs
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4. September 2004 @ 10:33 |
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Sorry, I didn't mean to sound like a jerk... I'm an engineer and can sometimes get wrapped up in details.
It's a well known fact that engineers shouldn't be allowed into any social setting.
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4. September 2004 @ 10:37 |
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Your way cool with me. Any serious information is always welcome.
My parents and brother are electrical engineers.
I an automotive technician and get the same way when people blather about what they think is right on cars.
Donald
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4. September 2004 @ 10:41 |
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jdobbs
No apology is necessary I appreciate your input on everything and besides I'm sitting here waiting for a storm and I can use any distraction to take my mind off it. I was an AV consultant for almost 20 years but certainly not an engineer. Have you followed the debate on the link below?
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/98032
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4. September 2004 @ 11:20 |
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So you went for A/V consultant to teaching? Interesting.
I taught part time at the college level for a couple of years and really enjoyed it, and (like some of the others here) my wife is a teacher (7-8th grade Language Arts).
As for Frances -- I've been watching it on TV... looks like it's going to be a real soaker.
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4. September 2004 @ 11:23 |
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jdobbs
Actually I went from a rock muscian, to AV consultant, to recording studio engineer (a very loose definiton of the term engineer), and then to teaching. Keeps my wife off balance. LOL
Forgot something, I also have a degree in Social Work. (BSW)
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4. September 2004 @ 12:26 |
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Does anyone remember the Beta versus VHS debate? Why did Beta loose against an inferior format? Is this an example of how things can go wrong because of format politics? Is there a superior format out there now that is facing the same fate as the Betamax?
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4. September 2004 @ 13:28 |
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Yep. Betamax was much better. But sometimes it doesn't matter. It's kind of like comparing CCE output to DVD Shrink -- people will argue about quality even when it is intuitively obvious to the casual observer. The VHS crowd swore by it.
The MAC is a vastly superior computer to the PC, but I don't own one because it has already lost the battle.
It's all in the marketing.
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4. September 2004 @ 14:05 |
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Gasp Arrrgh. Mac is superior! Which Mac. The old non multi tasking slow ones. Or the newer Unix compatible freebsd Morphs. I do want a dual proc unit but can't afford one.
I had Apples and Macs early on but like you said. They lost miserably. I would have liked to see them go the non proprietary route.
Donald
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4. September 2004 @ 14:07 |
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Sorry
I'm just mad Apple screwed up a good thing.
I didn't care about the Beta Vhs war. Beta cost too much at the time anyway.
Donald
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4. September 2004 @ 14:12 |
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Apple did something that took IBM clones some time to do, make a stable PC. They're still doing pretty good considering the support that IBM clones have received.
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4. September 2004 @ 14:21 |
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I must say that DOS was no match for the Mac when it came out, but DOS had stability. Windows took a little longer to get it.
It's like Linux. People who like Linux or Apple swear by the stability but when I have used them side by side I don't see it.
I have some powerbooks that still give me fits if you try to do anything out of the ordinary. Like load a driver for a wireless card if you can find one.
Lucent seems to be the only reasonable cost alternative out there.
Donald
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4. September 2004 @ 14:26 |
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Donald
Is it just me or shouldn't Vurbal have made his way here by now with one of his mini-novels?
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4. September 2004 @ 14:50 |
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We may be to far off topic.
I do so enjoy his writing.
Do you mean like a specific history of Beta and VHS or evolution of the Mac and PC.
Donald
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4. September 2004 @ 14:57 |
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Yea, he does love to get his facts together.
Read my intro! Quote:
This thread is meant to be one of loose discussion as long as everyone plays nice.
we can bring all of our off topic discussions here and be on topic by being off topic. LOL
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4. September 2004 @ 16:33 |
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I can tell you that the Mac' GUI interface was way ahead of Micro$oft. But I saw that writing on the wall and concentrated on PCs... good thing too.
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4. September 2004 @ 16:33 |
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I can tell you that the Mac' GUI interface was way ahead of Micro$oft. But I saw that writing on the wall and concentrated on PCs... good thing too.
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4. September 2004 @ 16:52 |
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Apple had a graphical user interface when Microsoft and IBM were still using DOS. Windows 3X was a rip-off of apples early operating system. When Win 95 arrived apple began a path toward irrelevance, proprietary systems often do. Win 95 came along and with the advances in hardware and CPUs it made it easy enough for almost anyone to build their own PC. And with the increase of Microsoft based software applications, it became too much for Apple to keep pace with. And yet, Apples? are still here
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4. September 2004 @ 17:15 |
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Apple is still around largely because of cute I-macs and OSX. They are still a viable company but not really the Apple of old.
Windows was based upon the same GUI from Xerox as the Mac was. I didn't like the early B/W macs much.
I like color. So Windows on a built PC became the new thing for me.
Donald
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4. September 2004 @ 17:22 |
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Hmmm! Feisty are we? Early Macs were boring but in time Macs set the standard for early computer animation arts and other graphical uses in film.
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4. September 2004 @ 17:40 |
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Mac definately had a head start in the arts.
Thus the big following in that area.
The advantage in that area has pretty much evened out now though.
Donald
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