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Posted by FCP User on 10/09/06 03:49
In article <1160353549.646824.61710@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Radium" <glucegen1@excite.com> wrote:
> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4249212.html
>
> Quotes:
>
> 1. "In the following description of the invention, input signals are
> assumed to be 8-bit pulse-code-modulated (PCM) video signals which have
> been produced by sampling and quantizing NTSC analogue composite video
> signals in response to sampling pulses having a sampling frequency of
> 10.74 MHz."
>
SNIP
>
> What if the WMV [Windows Media Video] digital compression is used and
> the color resolution is decrease sufficiently? Its possible to have a
> supreme quality in terms of number of pixels and frame rate. All you
> have to do is compress the WMV's color resolution and you can get a
> bit-rate that is low enough not to hog bandwidth and at the same time,
> the image resolution and frame rate will be that of a first-class video
> signal.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Radium
Perhaps, but sometimes don't you suspect that all this is a giant
struggle to buff the moldy cheese?
Well, in my opinion, Lemon pie is better than Pecan. Usually. Unless the
Pecan Pie is cooked by someone excellent and the Lemon pie is cooked by
someone lame. Maybe.
And while we're at it, Does it matter which one is "better" if they're
both being watched on a Video iPod while on a crowded train?
What about on a LCD laptop on a transatlantic flight?
A 1999 Barco projector in a 350 seat hall?
Its NICE when something is measurably better.
It's even NICER when that difference is noticible.
And it's REALLY Nice when someone (anyone) actually notices the
difference.
But none of those things are typical.
Usually the ONLY place where the quality is seen and appreciated is in
the properly lit studio, seen by people with educated eyes, on
calibrated monitors.
Then it goes out in the world and you're lucky if anyone watches at all.
Strive for quality, in what you can control, by all means.
Even better - strive for quality from everyone associated with the work.
But understand that no matter how much you strive, there WILL be
compromises to quality.
Learn what it makes sense to struggle for. Learn what you can "live
with" and what you simply can't.
Learn what to let go of. And when to hold on to the highest possible
standards.
And do your best.
The rest is out of our hands.
(Sorry, I'm rambling, but it's been a long production chain of one
project after another and there's still no end in sight - sigh!)
--
Bill Davis
StartEditingNow.com
DVD editing instruction with Multi-Track Movies
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