Posted by Alpha on 08/07/06 19:54

"meHomey" <me@home.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 23:54:40 -0700, "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"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.
>>
> What does that mean?
> Horizontal sync pulses are digital information?

Of course not....I think we are talking past each other.....

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