Posted by Martin Heffels on 07/16/07 22:01

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:13:15 GMT, Jan Panteltje
<pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

>When the tape moves faster, and the minimum bit distance is the same,
>then you get a higher data rate (bits per second), so better quality,
>FOR THE SAME RELIABILITY.

Wrong conclusion: you get a higher reliabilty, but the quality is
still the same. You could argue of course that more data can be
corrupted with a bad spot on tape, causing more repair to be done,
causing a mathematical loss in the data, but the quality still is the
same. It's not that you gain or loose h&v resolution by changin the
tape-speed.

cheers

-martin-

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