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* Andrew Hobgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 23 Jul 1999
| Very true... the only issue is that as soon as you try to store data in an
| analog format, you have to worry about A) physically moving parts that are
| very sensitive (like phonograph cartridges) or B) media damage (like a
| cassette). Degradation becomes too much of a factor, both on the playback
| end *and* on the media.
Not very true. Analog information most certainly can be stored on durable
media with not particularly delicate playback mechanism. Ever heard of
laserdisc video? Analog video, and originally analog audio.
The problem is not degradation (because analog laserdiscs wear at the same
rate as CD-Audio), and it is not of delicate mechanisms (because analog
laserdisc pickups are by and large the same as those for CD-Audio and MD),
but one of capacity.
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