Posted by Alpha on 08/06/06 06:54

"meHomey" <me@home.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:30:19 GMT, "mt" <spacecanoe@worldnet.att.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Hey, folks; I am a part-time video editor and have a bet placed on this
>>question. Is the signal coming off of a standard VHS tape ( say a
>>Blockbuster pre-DVD video rental movie) analog or digital?
>>
>>I have had 3 people I trust say analog and one person I trust say digital
>>(because the tape holds "pulses" which are digital, rather than "levels",
>>which are analog?).
>
> The pulses on VHS are not digital. They are supposed to be either on
> or off, but it is the time when they occur that is used to synchronize
> your horizontal and vertical scans.

Completely wrong.

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