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From: perley@galaxy (Donald P Perley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New computer?
Message-ID: <12757@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>
Date: 15 Oct 90 18:05:30 GMT
References: <33440@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
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Reply-To: perley@galaxy (Donald P Perley)
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In-reply-to: S36666WB%ETSUACAD.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu (Brian Wright)

In article <33440@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, S36666WB%ETSUACAD (Brian Wright) writes:

>     The one paradox about S-VHS.  Since current broadcast television produces
>only around 200-300 lines of resolution (broadcast degredation?), how does one
>get a 400-500 line resolution tape of anything?  Well, you either buy a
>prerecorded S-VHS tape, a LaserDisk, or use a Videocamera to your S-VHS
>recorder.  Or you can tape a laserdisk.

Other options: computer generated graphics (like amiga!!)

Other consideration:  Even if your source isn't 500 lines, you may get
   less degradation per generation of copying.  Also... if you are stuck
   on the VHS format.. you have a choice of regular VHS with worse than
   broadcast resolution, or SVHS at better than broadcast.  VHS is a loser,
   SVHS is just a little overspec'd.


-don perley
perley@trub.crd.ge.com