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From: perkins@bnrmtv.UUCP (Henry Perkins)
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Subject: Re: Consumer-Grade Single-Frame VTR's
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Date: Tue, 7-Jul-87 17:58:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  7 17:58:24 1987
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In article <339@astroatc.UUCP>, philm@astroatc.UUCP (Phil Mason) writes:
> If eight identical frames is the smallest unit you can write on the
> tape, you get an effective 7.5 frames per second - not very impressive

That should be 3.75 frames per second; NTSC provides 30 frames per
second, as alternating (even/odd scan lines) half-frames each 1/60th
of a second long.
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