Posted by Bill Vermillion on 01/13/00 11:40

In article <1140443019.353720.31190@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
davesvideo@aol.com <davesvideo@aol.com> wrote:
>Biz wrote:
>
>> Higher than I thought...I thought LDs were supposed to be about 400 lines,
>> so I assumed that S-VHS was lower....my LD player claims about 425 lines of
>> resolution...
>
>The LD player may be better than S-VHS. The measurements were highly
>subjective and the manufacturers claims always inflated. Also varries
>from machine to machine and tape quality.
>
>My take on it is:
>VHS and 8mm 250 - 300
>S-VHS & Hi-8 370 - 400+
>LD (never had one, but they claim about 425)
>BataCam 500

>Digital video is standard ay 720 x 480, usually associated with a
>camcorder however and limited by the camera on the front end.

And on the demo tape that came with my ED-Beta, the test pattern
[similar to the old Indian test pattern but with an oriental
tiger in the center] looked to be about 525 lines.

I could see the radial lines at the 500 line circle and they
disappeared about 1/2 way to the 550 line circle - so I
interpolated that as 525 lines.

My Super-Beta I came in at right around 330 lines resolution.

The SL-1000 had a 6Mhz bandwidth.

Bill

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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com

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