Posted by meHomey on 08/07/06 15:57

On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 23:54:40 -0700, "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote:

>
>"meHomey" <me@home.com> wrote in message
>news:nstvc25v9jnk7rmat01pu3lefmptt75cfo@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:30:19 GMT, "mt" <spacecanoe@worldnet.att.net>
>> wrote:
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>>>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.
>
What does that mean?
Horizontal sync pulses are digital information?

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