<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/26/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jerry Rubinow</b> <<a href="mailto:jerrymr@gmail.com">jerrymr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 10/26/07, Chris Ribe <<a href="mailto:chrisribe@gmail.com">chrisribe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>><br>> ><br>> > Is your core 2 duo six times faster than your PIII? There are<br>> > anywhere from six to nine times the pixels to deal with, depending on
<br>> > what resolution you were recording SDTV at..<br>><br>> Actually, my math says there are 5.3 - 6 times as many pixels in an HD frame<br>> than a 720x480 SD one.<br><br>But aren't the HD pixels bigger than the SD pixels (24-bits vs
<br>8-bits?), or do both get digitized to the same size?</blockquote><div><br><br>As far as analog capture is concerned, you can sample at whatever color depth you like, but 8bits per channel is pretty standard for HD and SD alike.
<br><br>-chris <br></div><br></div>-- <br>TV/IT Engineer<br>WCJB-TV Gainesville, FL<br>(352) 416 0648<br><a href="mailto:cribe@wcjb.com">cribe@wcjb.com</a>