Posted by Larry in AZ on 11/28/06 18:59

Waiving the right to remain silent, ptravel@travelersvideo.com said:

> Smarty wrote:
>> Larry,
>>
>> PTravel actually did not, as you state, quote "lines of horizontal
>> resolution". He merely stated "it's resolution was limited to around
>> 450 lines". It was, indeed, my error to assume he actually meant
>> horizontal resolution rather than vertical resolution, but his language
>> was imprecise, and my interpretation was erroneous. I think we can all
>> agree that the common usage and vernacular in video discussions tends
>> to use the term "resolution" loosely in the way PTravel did, and I
>> failed to either ask him to clarify or to use the more common
>> (horizontal) interpretation.
>
> I don't think we can agree with that at all. Resolution is used
> interchangeable (and imprecisely) in the digital realm to specify the
> total number of pixels, e.g. 720 x 480, and in the context that I used
> it, i.e. horizontal resolution. No one ever talks about resolution in
> terms of the number of horizontal scan lines.

Absolutely correct, Paul. I was never in doubt about what you meant.

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Larry Jandro
Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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