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Author Re: 2-hour length, 148.50 Mhz, 1920 x 1080 progressive scan image, 1-bit object data,
Radium

2006-10-30, 6:56 pm


Dave Martindale wrote:
> Martin Heffels <feipbjszfo@oxeszdjnlp.xercdpvueppjtmougcqvtz.net> writes:
>
>
> Well, not, it's not. When someone is discussing image or video
> compression, and they refer to "one bit per pixel", they are almost
> certainly *not* talking about bilevel black&white display. Instead,
> they are talking about either a greyscale or colour image that has been
> sufficiently compressed that the *average* bit rate is 1 bit per
> pixel. But when the image is decompressed, it returns to some wider
> format; usually 8 bits for greyscale and 24 bits for colour.
>
> Dave


I think this is what I am describing. I could be wrong though.

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