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From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: HDTV (resolution)
Message-ID: <4017@eos.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jun 89 01:01:02 GMT
References: <4506@ficc.uu.net> <Jun.12.12.06.30.1989.20464@topaz.rutgers.edu> <8693@chinet.chi.il.us>
Reply-To: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif.
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In article <8693@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
>In article <Jun.12.12.06.30.1989.20464@topaz.rutgers.edu> msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith) writes:
>
>>> Re: the HDTV difference disappears after 9 feet.
>
>How far back do you stand to look at a photograph?

I don't get a chance to read may groups these days, but passing thru, I was
wondering: if you are going to make this comparison, how many pixels or
scanlines are there in a real world (much less a photo, hologram) object?
Send mail on your observations on resolution independent rendering.  I
might not read it otherwise.  And if you want, I can summarize. 8)

Another gross generalization from

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