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  3. Newsgroups: rec.audio,rec.video
  4. Subject: Re: Selecting an LD Player
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan1.194240.17177@midway.uchicago.edu>
  6. From: cal@gsbux1.uchicago.edu (Cal Lott)
  7. Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 19:42:40 GMT
  8. Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
  9. References: <1992Dec29.171405.1480@lsican.uucp> 
  10.  <1992Dec30.073038.14692@uhura.neoucom.edu> 
  11.  <shetline-301292233743@128.89.19.85> <1993Jan1.014230.19891@midway.uchicago.edu> <shetline-311292221957@128.89.19.85>
  12. Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
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  14.  
  15. shetline@bbn.com (Kerry Shetline) writes:
  16. >cal@gsbux1.uchicago.edu (Cal Lott) wrote:
  17. >  ...
  18. >>     Kerry, my understanding of the term "jitter" as used in "high-
  19. >> end hype" has nothing to do with mechanical thumping and shaking.
  20. >
  21. >That is my understanding, too. Which is why I find claims of improved
  22. >mechanical stability resulting in reduced jitter in a digital signal
  23. >absurd. The Theta people want you to believe that gross mechanical
  24. >vibration (well short of causing mistracking) will somehow manifest in the
  25. >data stream, or the analog signal produced thereof. Only in something so
  26. >badly designed that in would have to be done on purpose!
  27.  
  28.     Is that what *Theta* claims about the player, or *Video* claims?
  29. Theta is highly regarded company, and mechanical jitter just isn't
  30. something that I think they would be terribly interested in.
  31.  
  32.     On the other hand, I could see some writer or editor at Video
  33. magazine coming up with a gross misunderstanding of jitter and then
  34. printing it.
  35.  
  36.                         -Cal
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  39. Cal Lott          "Oh, I see-- I thought 'no' meant 'spoon'!" --Dan
  40. Email me, baby!   cal@gsbux1.uchicago.edu   cjl1@midway.uchicago.edu
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