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From: toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: I don't need HDTV!
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Date: 17 Mar 90 04:21:01 GMT
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roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:

>toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>> square pixels would be nice for computer graphics.

I never said that! In fact your explanation of broadcast tradeoffs is better 
than the one I used to flame Bill (who did say it).

BTW, you can get square pixels with NTSC, you just have to get the vertical
and horizontal size right or mess with the dot clock. The dot clock is probably
the best way but there are often constraints on it that come from the system
itself, like coordination of the video shifter and the memory cycles. (Using
VRAMs neatly avoids this.)

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu