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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:49:30 -0500
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- From: "Gary M. Gettier" <gmgettie@THAMA1.APGEA.ARMY.MIL>
- Subject: Dolby, the final chapter
- In-Reply-To: <9301251712.aa20918@thama1.apgea.army.mil> from "Paul Heroy" at
- Jan 25, 93 03:31:08 pm
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- > I hope this issue doesn't get too dominant, but I agree with Bob. Virtually
- > all prerecorded tapes these days are made with Dolby B, so I think that folks
- > should be able to handle that. I'd expect a much higher percentage to want the
- > Dolby B than to not want it.
-
- Geeeeeez, all ya gang up on me whydontcha? :-)
-
- > How about a compromise: as a distributor/dubber, I can make tapes with either
-
- Paul, actually, technically you are a dubber/distributor. You must dub first
- then distribute. It makes things easier that way. :-)
-
- > Dolby B or C or no noise reduction at all for people, and those copies are
- > what matters the most anyway. I think, up until that stage at least, we should
- > try to use the best quality that we can, and if someone wants a copy but
- > doesn't have Dolby capability, I can roll their copy off without it, or I can
- > use Dolby C if they want. This allows the maximum flexibility with the highest
- > potential quality still available.
-
- OK, here's the deal: People send me stuphph with NO dolby. I record the
- master tapes using Dolby B. The dubber/distributors do whatever is requested
- of them.
-
- Whew! Case closed. Send all complaints to /dev/null :-) (-:
-
- Seeya,
- Gary, the taping dude
-