Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3100 mails)

[Kevanf1 <kevanf1@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 18/03/06, Carlos E. R. <robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
>
> The Saturday 2006-03-18 at 16:02 -0500, James Knott wrote:
>
> > The analog system is supposed to be gone in a few years.  Also, that 525
> > line system dates back to ~1940, with colour added in the mid '50s.  The
> > 625 lines systems didn't come in until the '60s and could take advantage
> > of the lessons learned with NTSC.
>
> True. Also, there are also differences in the bandwidth available for
> colour encoding.
>
>
> Unfortunately, there are also several new HD standards. I'm unsure how
> many, but there is at least one for Europe, another in the US, another in
> Japan, probably another in China...
>
> - --

The cynic in me says that this has been done as a way to stop people
[in Europe] getting cheap hardware from the US.  A similar thing as
the DVD region coding.
--
==============================================
I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate.
==============================================
Xmas may be over but,  PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to
the next one that way.

Kevan Farmer

Linux user #373362

Cheslyn Hay
Staffordshire
WS6 7HR