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13 Jun 2013, 6:04 pm

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How do VHS tapes support high definition digital broadcasting?

there is a format called D-VHS which records hidef broadcasts digitally.



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13 Jun 2013, 6:05 pm

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I still use VHS tapes in my closed captioning. I developed a method of working where I play the tape back at 2X speed because if I didn't, I'd fall asleep at my desk. Our programming can be a bit boring.

I wish I could have a job like that.


This job would be perfect for me if only I wasn't trying to support 4 people with my pay. I get to sit in a room all by myself all day and watch TV. 8) The only catch is I can never change the channel. Or do anything else. And it's religious programming.

how did you get that job? what are the qualifications one must have when applying?



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14 Jun 2013, 11:22 am

We have a refrigerator downstairs that's older than me, and we've never had a single problem with it. The more modern one upstairs, on the other hand, has broken down a few times.



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14 Jun 2013, 3:14 pm

Modern refrigerators use synthetic oil.



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14 Jun 2013, 3:19 pm

a newer refrigerator technology uses high-intensity sound waves [of around 300 cycles per second] to separate cold from warm.



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14 Jun 2013, 5:36 pm

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Both the internet and Hollywood are controlled by the American Society of Cinematographers, which is an organization that champions 24 frames per second cinematography, and have vowed to silence anyone who disagrees with them,. They have denounced Peter Jackson and his movie the Hobbit by saying it looks like a cheap soap opera shot with a cheap video camera.


The move to digital projection has kept this (but does allow 48Hz projection)
From DCI specification:
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3.1.4.2. Frame Rates
The DCDM image structure is required to support a frame rate of 24.000 Hz. The DCDM image structure can also support a frame rate of 48.000 Hz for 2K image content only. The frame rate of any individual DCDM master is required to remain constant. Metadata is carried in the image data file format to indicate the frame rate.


Although other frame rates work on "most" systems.



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14 Jun 2013, 8:12 pm

According to the American Society of Cinematographers unwritten rules 48 hertz film projection was only allowed as an example of what not to do.



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14 Jun 2013, 8:13 pm

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According to the American Society of Cinematographers unwritten rules 48 hertz film projection was only allowed as an example of what not to do.

they are focused on the rear view mirror, looking to the past for excellence. collectively they are oblivious to judder and motion blur.



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14 Jun 2013, 8:27 pm

Unfortunately the American Society of Cinematographers has power. Try getting a job in Hollywood as a Cinematographer.after you have been banned from their organization for advocating higher frame rates.. The only way around this is to become a Hollywood Director.