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- From: strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong)
- Subject: Re: Analog CDs (was: CD Sound Quality)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.180134.9008@tc.fluke.COM>
- Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
- References: <1992Dec19.113749.8088@leland.Stanford.EDU> <7490271@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> <BzoKMn.4oB@ssesco.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 18:01:34 GMT
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- In article <BzoKMn.4oB@ssesco.com> nau@ssesco.com (William Nau) writes:
- }Bob Myers writes:
- }> Yes, that IS what LDs are; now why do you think this would be better than
- }> any existing format? The bandwidth? They're certainly not very convenient
- }> (too big), nor are they as durable as CDs (given the analog nature of the
- }> signal, they're not nearly as forgiving of defects as the error-corrected
- }> digital CD format).
- }
- }I believe he ment to indicate that the method used to record 1 hour of video
- }on a LD could be condensed to a much smaller (5") disk for 75 minutes of
- }audio. This would give you an analogue recording with the convience of
- }a CD. I find the idea interesting and would be interested in the audio
- }quality.
-
- You're too pessimistic. Analog recording on a 12cm disc could hold as
- much as 26 hours of CX encoded sound.
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- Norm Strong (strong@tc.fluke.com)
- 2528 31st S. Seattle WA 98144 USA
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