Re(2): [AV Media Matters] Compression discussion.

[tony gardner <anthony.gardner@cec.eu.int>]

D1 has specialist applications but is hardly a general purpose format - as
an archive format should be to guarentee longetivity in terms of machine
availability and maintenance spares - and is very expensive. With D5, at
standard definition it is non compressed, but I think not at HDTV???
D5 does not really have a high market penetration or future from my point of
view in Europe. I'm sure it is a good format, but fails for me for the same
reason as D1.

Tony Gardner

>Why is D-1 the format for purists but not D-5?  Both are uncompressed,
>and D-5 offers the greater data rate.  Furthermore, its use in HDTV
>makes it the more current format.

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