Radium wrote:


> ... I was stating that PCM is better than MPEG. Compressed signals
> can be in PCM. I was comparing WAVE files to MP3 files. In my
> experience WAVs are better than MP3s.

MPEG is PCM. Most, but not all, digital signals are PCM. You probably
mean something real, but at the moment, you're just tossing around terms
you don't seem to understand.

> Makes me wonder what PCM video would look like if compared to the
> crappy MPEG stored on DVDs. DVD video is certianly better than the
> video you get in those VHS cassettes. However, if only DVD used the
> visual equivalent of .WAV audio, it would be much better in picture and
> color resolution. DVDs do use PCM audio, which is fine, but it is time
> they start implenting their video in PCM and stop their useless MPEG
> video.

That would take an order of magnitude more bandwidth. Engineering is
about making do with what's available, not holding out for some absolute
ideal that you can't get and probably don't need.

You don't know what you're talking about. HDTV is MPEG-2. I had hopes,
but you haven't changed much.

Jerry
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Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
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