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...PIXEL PERFECT...
...ordinary analog film, each sensor on a digital chip saves only one-third of the color data it receives--either red, green or blue, but not all three at once. With the new Foveon X3 technology, however, three sensors are stacked on top of one another, so that each pixel absorbs the full color spectrum. Result: a 3.5-megapixel camera using Foveon technology will produce images as clear as today's 7 MP models. INVENTOR Richard Merrill, Foveon AVAILABILITY December 2002 TO LEARN MORE www.foveon.com...
...SAMSUNG SC-D80 Yes, this digital camcorder is bulky--it won't win any design contests--but it's priced right and fully equipped. It's got 680,000-pixel resolution, 10X zoom lens, image stabilizer and "Nite Pix" for shots in the dark. Want bang for your buck? Shoot in this direction. www.samsungusa.com...
Then there's the issue of quality. Every pixel that crosses your satellite dish starts and ends its life as a digital signal. A lot of cable channels are still transmitted in lower-quality analog; you usually have to pay extra for digital channels. As someone who has spent the past year hooked up to both DirecTV and AT&T cable, I can testify that shows on satellite are better-looking than the same broadcasts on cable, even on digital channels. (Then again, AT&T has yet to seed my block with fiber optics...
...Then there's the issue of quality. Every pixel that crosses your satellite dish starts and ends its life as a digital signal. A lot of cable channels are still transmitted in lower-quality analog; you usually have to pay extra for digital channels. As someone who has spent the past year hooked up to both DirecTV and AT&T cable, I can testify that shows on satellite are better-looking than the same broadcasts on cable, even on digital channels. (Then again, AT&T has yet to seed my block with fiber optics...