Re: [MBZ] OT: dijatul

2009-03-01 Thread Curt Raymond
For sure theres a money trail somewhere, there always is... In this case though a big part of the switch is because analog TV is a bandwidth hog and chews up a big part of the usable radio wave spectrum. Digital allows more channels in less space (thanks to digital compression) the idea is to us

Re: [MBZ] OT: dijatul

2009-03-01 Thread Curt Raymond
I can give 2 examples of places where digital is vastly superior: #1 CD/MP3 vs tape/lp - I used mp3 but I really mean a good compression scheme like aac. I'm also meaning it from a convienence stand point. You want a tape player in your car or cd? I seem to remember car record players but I don'

Re: [MBZ] OT: dijatul

2009-03-01 Thread Jim Cathey
I can give 2 examples of places where digital is vastly superior: #1 CD/MP3 vs tape/lp...#2 Consumer video cameras. Neither of which have long-range transmission issues. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To se

Re: [MBZ] OT: dijatul

2009-03-01 Thread Allan Streib
Curt Raymond writes: > I can give 2 examples of places where digital is vastly superior: > > #1 CD/MP3 vs tape/lp - I used mp3 but I really mean a good compression > scheme like aac. I'm also meaning it from a convienence stand > point. You want a tape player in your car or cd? Neither really.

Re: [MBZ] OT: dijatul

2009-03-01 Thread Rich Thomas
Does Rusty sell those new transmissions too? --R Jim Cathey wrote: I can give 2 examples of places where digital is vastly superior: #1 CD/MP3 vs tape/lp...#2 Consumer video cameras. Neither of which have long-range transmission issues. -- Jim ___ http:

Re: [MBZ] OT: dijatul

2009-03-01 Thread Fmiser
> Curt wrote: > I can give 2 examples of places where digital is vastly > superior: > > #1 CD/MP3 vs tape/lp - I used mp3 but I really mean a good > compression scheme like aac. I'm also meaning it from a > convienence stand point. Okay. I can agree that it's more convenient. But I don't conside

Re: [MBZ] OT: dijatul

2009-03-01 Thread Jim Cathey
at SLP had no compression artifacts. Get some full color, high motion scenes and a 1st generation VHS tape can be superior to mini-DV. Was watching a travelogue on PBS today, and some of the motion fades were just grotesque. Analog snow was a relative constant that you could just watch through

Re: [MBZ] OT: dijatul

2009-03-02 Thread Curt Raymond
used it much. -Curt Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:36:51 -0500 From: Allan Streib Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: dijatul To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Curt Raymond writes: > I can give 2 examples of places where digital is vastly superior: > &g

Re: [MBZ] OT: dijatul

2009-03-02 Thread Allan Streib
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:39:23 -0800 (PST), "Curt Raymond" said: > Well theres your problem, stop playing frisbee with them... ;) Maybe it's my player (though I have several and they all behave this way) but it seems that if there's even a trace of a fingerprint on a DVD I'll get freezes and pix

Re: [MBZ] OT: dijatul

2009-03-02 Thread Curt Raymond
x I bought at Wal-Mart (before I stopped going there) which was like $30. I have a Phillips that was more like $150 that is terrible, there are loads of DVDs it just won't play. -Curt Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:51:06 -0500 From: "Allan Streib" Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: dijatul To: