Posted by Biz on 01/13/52 11:40

Sorry, you are correct, brainfart here, but isnt VHS closer to 200 lines of
resolution whereas S-VHS is around 300 or so lines of resolution making the
numbers like 200x480, and 300x480?


<davesvideo@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Biz wrote:
>
> > > I think VHS is more like 320 x 480.
>
> > Nope, its more like 320x240 just like he posted.....
>
> Assuming you are talking about NTSC video, it all has 480 horizontal
> lines. This is true if it is broadcast, VHS, Betacam, DV or any other
> way of presenting the signal. So, the vertical resolution is always 480
> for NTSC, the 320 frequenttly listed is the approximate number of
> vertical ;ines that can be resolved, some give a higher number, but
> some give lower.
>
> I don't know where that sometimes quoted 320 x 240 comes from, but the
> correct answer is somewhere in the range of 300 x 480 to 320 x 480.
>
> Dave
>

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