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From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey)
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Subject: Re: Cable Competition at Last!
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Date: 28 Jan 91 15:05:52 GMT
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In article <1991Jan25.165057.671@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mas35638@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Odin) writes:
>> 480 lines
>
>525 is standard.  You're talking about a picture which is not as
>good as normal tv broadcasts.

Yes, but of those 525 lines, many of them carry vertical synch information.
Most TV broadcasts use about 480 lines vertically.

For those who don't know, 16mm Kodachrome 25 has about 12,000 lines of 
resolution.  Personally I'll avoid HDTV and stay with film for a while.