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Microcap & Penny Stocks : IATV - ACTV Interactive Television
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To: Ali Khaman who wrote (1171)12/4/1997 12:02:00 AM
From: Buzz Mills  Read Replies (1) of 4748
 
Digital is much better than analog because of the things that can be done with it. Show me a square analog filter. An analog signal as reproduced by a TV or a record player is an interpretation of the original signal--whereas if the original signal is digital to begin with, it can be reproduced exactly with any digital TV or digital player. I would never recommend recreating an analog signal from a digital signal. As I said, having worked in that world, I do recognize all of the advantages of going digital. Even though an analog signal is in continuous form it has to be reproduced and that is where the shortcomings arise--it is subject to considerable inherent problems. Digital does not have these problems.

The thinner the "digits" Pope are you perhaps talking about the sampling rate, or are you talking about the number of bits representing the level. To reproduce an audio signal exactly as recorded would require equipment matching the electronics of the recording studio and also calibrated to the same specifications of that recording equipment, and no, not too many people would be willing to spend that much money. The same logic applies to a TV signal--but even more so--being that TV data is transmitted in frames-- and your TV has to attempt to reproduce an analog signal--it will never be as good as the original and can be much worse because of noise and a variety of other problems. With digital, you can have error correction, and reproduce the same picture transmitted despite noise, or other problems.
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