Thread: NTL should switch to a digital only service!
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Old 07-12-2004, 21:33   #28
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Re: NTL should switch to a digital only service!
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Originally Posted by Pob!
Well I think only a neanderthal would blindly fall for the idea that digital is always better in any circumstances. It is not. A cheap digital camera is not as good as a decent SLR film camera. An MP3 is nowhere near as good as CD audio track (which in itself is compressed), a digital watch is not as good as a machanical one - anyone remember the early days of the digital age, when Sinclair produced the 'stunning' red LED watches? How many of us wear digital watches now? Not always better...
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For the record, CD audio isn't compressed, it's stored as PCM data. Purists claim that the relatively narrow frequency range for CDs makes them sound more "artificial" than vinyl, but I think there's a good deal of psychology in that.

But then NICAM sound on the TV does much the same thing, so I guess there's no getting away from it.
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