Posted by Matthew L. Martin on 11/08/06 23:20

Tom Stiller wrote:
> In article <11s4h.1084$GS2.1008@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>,
> "Guest" <llcoolj@comcast.com> wrote:
>
>> If you are not used to dealing with high resolution video in it's purist
>> form and only came aboard recently, then your eye for spotting resolutions
>> and details may not be as sharp as others. I have been dealing with
>> high-res video since 1990. I had the Laserdisc, S-VHS VCR, various DVD
>> players and HD. I know what the deal is.
>
> The issue raised has nothing to do with the quality of high resolution
> video or the sound quality of audio, but rather can a wire, or fiber,
> transmitting a bit serial stream compromise the quality of the
> reconstructed analog signal. If transmission line didn't reliable pass
> recognizable ones and zeros, the reconstructed waveform would bear very
> little resemblance to the original.
>

Digital signals that are impaired enough to violate the transmission
protocol produce sounds that approximate a pair of angry cats in a
burlap bag.

I have always wondered how people can believe that the media used can
affect the sound quality in subtle ways.

Matthew

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