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Posted by M.I.5 on 01/08/07 12:30
"JoeBloe" <joebloe@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
news:p6ksp21rsv4rv6155q0vpg7b791elqengq@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 08:11:07 -0000, "M.I.5?"
> <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> Gave us:
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>>"JoeBloe" <joebloe@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
>>news:gparp2t4rbmfg2952ucgiqcq4853263cc5@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:05:13 -0600, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid>
>>> Gave us:
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>>>>JoeBloe wrote:
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>>>>>LD is too huge, too bulky, and it presents the hardware designers
>>>>>with too many technical hurdles to make good gear for it. The wobble
>>>>>at the edge of a twelve inch platter can be huge.
>>>>
>>>>Too bad that the market didn't go for the "needle and groove" video
>>>>disk that RCA tried to make work, eh?
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>>>
>>> That's not what it was.
>>>
>>> It was a capacitive pick up stylus. No needle at all. No groove.
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SelectaVision
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>>The 'needle' is just a synonym for a 'stylus' left over from the 78 era.
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> Wrong. He specifically stated "needle and groove".
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> There is NO needle, and there is most certainly no grooves.
>
Knowing wikipedia to be anything but an authoritative source, I had a look.
I took me all of 12 seconds to find, "A keel-shaped needle with a titanium
electrode layer would ride in the groove ..." from the article.
So we are in agreement then and it would appear that you are wrong.
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