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"Alan Baker" wrote in message
news:alangbaker-332B55.23105829032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
> In article
> ,
> Timberwoof wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> It's not thin at all, he explicitly defined his meaning for "digital" as
> "express as a binary number". 256 discrete voltages levels would be
> "expressed as a base-256 number".

I never limited digital to binary, Gimp. Anything in discrete steps, be
it base-2, or base -10, or base-256, is digital, not analog. Analog varies
continuously, without any steps.