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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!gumby!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!ldo
  2. From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
  4. Subject: Re: Stupid Question: What Resolution Do I Render At?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov17.165407.12236@waikato.ac.nz>
  6. Date: 17 Nov 92 16:54:07 +1300
  7. References: <1992Nov10.232715.23777@news.media.mit.edu> <1drvhsINN9j3@fido.asd.sgi.com>
  8. Distribution: world
  9. Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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  12. In article <1drvhsINN9j3@fido.asd.sgi.com>, skp@skp.asd.sgi.com (Scott
  13. Pritchett) writes:
  14.  
  15. [interesting information about digital representations of video formats
  16. omitted]
  17.  
  18. If anybody's wondering why the CCIR and those other video folks are so fond
  19. of non-square pixels, it would be because the resolution of the human eye
  20. is higher horizontally than it is vertically.
  21.  
  22. Sure complicates graphics calculations, though...
  23.  
  24. Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-7-856-2889
  25. Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-7-838-4066
  26. University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
  27. Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+13:00
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