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Re: An LCD for your IIGS?



In article <20030921235449.16646.00001375@mb-m02.aol.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
 
> S-Video is quite different, since it has only two signals:  the Y
> signal (of potentially high bandwidth) and the quadrature
> modulated chrominance subcarrier, which is necessarily
> limited to less bandwidth than the subcarrier frequency
> (3.58MHz).  S-Video is better than composite (since the
> luminance signal will not be bandwidth-limited by separating
> out the chrominance subcarrier), but substantially inferior
> to RGB or component video (which have no intrinsic chroma
> bandwidth limitations).
 
OTOH you probably won't notice the difference, since the eye itself
has a worse chroma resolution than luminance resolution.  If you do
notice any difference, then you're sitting too close to the screen,
and you'll probably notice luminance bandwidth limitations as well.
 
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