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From: fink@acf5.NYU.EDU (Howard Fink)
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Subject: Re: Hardware and VR (Was Re: Cray-Connection etc.)
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I don't get the HDTV analogy.  HDTV sends a rasterized image to the receiver.
What's needed is a signal that describes the image, with the receiver
determining the resolution.  The user can trade off between speed, accuracy,
color, frame rate, etc.  As the machines get faster, there's no need to 
change standards.