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- From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: HDTV Question
- Date: 11 Jan 1993 15:23:46 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm
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- In article <1iqoofINNmek@gvgspd.gvg.tek.com> mrk@gvgspd.gvg.tek.com (Michael R. Kesti) writes:
- >
- >I think that Christopher ahs reached a false conclusion. Try this analogy:
- >
- > If CDs are digital, what are the number of available pitches
- > for playback.
- >
- >Of course, being digital in no way limits the number of available pitches.
-
- Bzzt, try again. Being digital does indeed limit the number of available
- pitches. There is quite a variety of them, and certainly more than the ear
- can pick out, but it's not continuous, since time is being quantized when
- the sampling is taking place.
- --scott
-