CD, APS, VHS

[P3D Eric Drysdale <Eric_Drysdale@xxxxxxxxxx>]

My analogy of APS to CD was not to suggest parallel technologies, but to give
an example of how big industry can force a change of format.  35 to APS is
considerably less of a leap than LP to CD because the latter is a leap from
analog to digital.  The fact that it's clearly an intermediate technology is
reason enough for it to fail, but the public has embraced inferior
technologies before, which was my point.  I (and at least some others here)
think the CD is one example, but I think that VHS vs. Beta may be a better
analogy. 

And hey, I'm no crusty old man, I'm 27.  Never had LP's except for kiddie
records- I knew that I was too much of a slob to keep them unscratched- and
went directly from Cassettes to CD, then only recently discovered the warmth
and clarity of the LP.  

As for the analog/digital problem, I think this is more of a problem in Audio
than in imaging.   Maybe I just have a cheap CD player, but I feel like
there's something "missing"... the tiny space between the sampled bits of
sound information leave a big hole in the music.  The delivery system for
sound is just too "high res".   Neil Young once compared it to looking at a
work of art through a screen door. Depending on the technique and storage
capacity, however, digital _images_ can be produced of high enough resolution
to surpass the tolerances of the printing technique. 

Consumer (that is, not $3K!) digital cameras still have a long way to go.  I
saw a recent photo magazine article where a 7 dollar disposable (and
subsequently scanned photos) beat every digital camera for resolution and
color, and tied the high-end models.  They're also easier to tape together
(there, that's on topic.)

-E in NYC
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