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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 : Sat Oct 01 2005 19:15:02

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

Straker wrote:
> <electrictroy@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, but if the TV studio's high-end recorders were capable of
> > recording (and mastering) in 525 horizontal, then the tapes should be
> > 525.  How would the editors downgrade the equipment to record only 400?
> >  I don't see how that's possible.
>
> I think he's confusing 525 scan lines with 525 lines of horizontal
> resolution.

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I'm an electrical engineer.  No I'm not confused.  :-)

A lossfree NTSC signal has a theoretical maximum of 550, with 525
actual in the real-world.  While home recorders were limited to 220
horizontal (or 425 with super-vhs), studio recorders of the 1980s were
capable of recording the full 525 horizontal resolution.

Hence my previous question - Since the TNG editors had VCRs that could
record the full 525 horizontal lines resolution, without loss, why
would the master tape only be 400?

(Another question I have - What are they using now for shows like
Enterprise?)
troy

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