Posted by Richard Crowley on 04/22/07 20:16

"Smarty" wrote ...
> The laws of physics don't really need to be violated so much as
> cleverly exploited. There actually is a method to cancel mechanical
> sounds at a fixed location removed from the source of the noise, and
> this method, "active noise cancellation" is particularly suited for
> this problem,

Which would be an excelent argument if a mic jack weren't
an infitessimal fraction of the cost of active noise cancelling
circuitry/etc. If you were responsible for the design of a
camcorder targeted to be sold for $350, take a wild guess
what the management would say about such a feature.

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