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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 21:47:55 GMT
- From: kstox@admips2.Berkeley.EDU (Ken Stox)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: HELP Needed on JPEG Standard!
- Reply-To: kstox@admips2.Berkeley.EDU (Ken Stox)
- Message-ID: <telecom12.845.7@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: AC Nielsen Co.
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 845, Message 7 of 7
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- In article <telecom12.834.9@eecs.nwu.edu>, dave@westmark.com (Dave
- Levenson) writes:
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- > While John is correct, JPEG does turn up in some interesting
- > telecom-related contexts. According to some of my informally-received
- > information, the AT&T model 2500 video phone uses JPEG in real time to
- > compress video for transmission between sets.
-
- > As an aside ... why in the world did they use that model number? Is
- > it possible that someone at AT&T didn't know it had been used once
- > before, for a product that once had what might be called 'significant
- > market penetration'?
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- Were I the guessing sort, I would say that this was quite intentional.
- Someone believes that this will become as popular as the original 2500
- set. NOT!
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- Ken Stox Consultant to A.C. Nielsen kstox@naitc.com
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