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"Timberwoof" wrote in message
news:timberwoof.spam-A568D0.23065429032008@nnrp-virt.nntp.sonic.net...
> In article ,
> "Hasta La Vista" wrote:
>
>> "Alan Baker" wrote in message
>> news:alangbaker-34C24E.20203829032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
>> > In article ,
>> > "Hasta La Vista" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Alan Baker" wrote in message
>> >> news:alangbaker-9E4D21.19573229032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
>> >> > In article ,
>> >> > "Hasta La Vista" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> "In any video system, even a digital-input monitor, there's an
>> >> >> amplifier
>> >> >> at the end of the signal path that has to provide a specific
>> >> >> voltage
>> >> >> or
>> >> >> current level for the pixel element."
>> >> >>
>> >> >> That's claiming a digial input uses an analog signal, Gimp.
>> >> >
>> >> > No, that's claiming that a digital input gets converted to an analog
>> >> > voltage to actually drive the pixels.
>> >>
>> >> So the answer is yes, not no.
>> >
>> > No, the answer remains no.
>>
>> You're a gimp.
>>
>> >>
>> >> > Since each pixel doesn't have it's
>> >> > own dedicated logic in interpret a signal of ones and zeros,
>> >>
>> >> Yes it does. Each pixel has its own discrete range of steps that are
>> >> defined by a number, not a continuously varying analog level.
>> >
>> > No. Each actual pixel element can only take an voltage.
>>
>> In discrete steps, not a continuously variable analog, Gimp.
>
> That's an awfully thin hair you're splitting. You need to sharpen your
> microtome.

That's not splitting hairs. Not thin hairs or thick hairs, or any other
type of hair you can think of.

You need to learn what digital and analog means.