> On 14 Sep 1998, Anders Melchiorsen wrote:
>
> > So a 4 hour video tape could carry like 60MB if your data is correct.
>
> If you only use the audio tracks. With a VGA-to-NTSC converter and a
> framegrabber, you could up this number quite a bit. Assuming only
> 320x200x8 resolution, grabbing only 15 frames a sec (below even VHS
> quality), that's 64k/frame*15frames/sec*3600sec/hour=~ 3.5G/hour. Of
> course, for the cost of a decent framegrabber, genlock, and VCR, you could
> buy a good tape drive..
This is very unrealistic. There is FAR too much noise then this. I'd say
that it would be at best 1/4 this.
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