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Subj : Re: TNG vs TOS - anybody still think Next Generation sucks?
To   : rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : electrictroy
Date : Fri Sep 30 2005 07:51:12

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

> Atlas Bugged wrote:
>> I too don't follow.  TNG was certainly shot on film, just look at it,
>> which has "automatic" high-resolution or Hi Def from a digital
>> perspective.  And even the analog film and the glass lenses upon
>> which TNG was recorded had to exceed TOS.
>> I remember Michael Jackson loudly touted the recording of "Thriller" on
>> all-digital.  I thought, "fool!"  Jackson recorded in very limited
>> resolution, and you can never recover  resolution.

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I find that hard to believe.  In an age when computers could barely do
320x200x16 colors, did digital video even exist in 1984???  What
resolution did he use?  When I watch Thriller on VHS, it looks like
film stock to me.

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As for today's technology, with Super Audio at 96,000 samples per
second and 150 decibel range you can outperform the old analog records
or tapes.  And video, we still have a way to go, but George Lucas'
all-digital Star Wars came very close to film stock's resolution (1
million x 1 million pixels).

troy

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