Posted by redflag on 12/22/88 12:01

Bert Hyman wrote:
> vijayjanyani@gmail.com (vj) wrote in
> news:0ce6ff36-54ab-4bd8-8b91-8989206ee6dc@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
>
>> I have a Sony MiniDV handycam model DCR HC 18. I understand that
>> using Firewire connection to transfer video to PC (and subsequently
>> for burning DVD out of it) provides a better quality as compared to
>> USB.
>
> Firewire might be faster than USB, but why would it provide better
> quality video?
>
> Bits is bits, after all.
>

But stationary bits are not the same as bits in motion.

Bits transferred in large quantities [packets, I believe
is the term] keep their "original" shape better the faster
they are moved en bloc.

Digital images captured in color pose the greatest
technological challenge to program and hardware
designers.

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