Posted by Richard Crowley on 01/12/49 11:52

"PTravel" wrote ...
> Can you site me to something that says how often this happens? I've never
> heard of DV video transfers being described as anything other than
> lossless.

There are some CD players and DAT recorders which display
the raw error rates while playing. I know that everyone who has
seen those numbers are astounded by them.

> I meant that the resulting data is not the same as the original, hence
> there is data lost. But how often does this happen?

It typically happens several times per second for your average
audio CD. I'd bet that it is roughly equivalent for DAT and DV
tape.

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