[Fwd: 16:9 Aspect Ratio]

[Dave Doherty]

Hi Dan-

You raise an excellent point about the audio.

Human beings are organized to process visual input before aural. We have two 
eyes and two ears, in accord with the normal redundancies, gender-related 
and otherwise; but our visual acuity may be more responsible for the ascent 
of humankind than any other factor.

Our visual acuities are based upon the short wavelengths associated with 
light, but our aural acuities are based upon the long wavelengths associated 
with sound. Our eyes are close together and pointed in roughly the same 
direction, but our ears are farther apart and pointed about 45 degrees 
off-axis.

Human eyes are exquisite sensors of light, and our brains are fabulous 
interpreters of that input. Interpretation of the huge amounts of visual 
input occupy massive amounts of our brains' computational abilities at all 
times when we are awake.

Aural input helps us to determine the source of the sound using the brain's 
ability to process differential input from the ears, but the brain assumes 
that aural input to both ears comes from a single source.

So here's the problem:

We can look at four simultaneous video displays and get a sense of what's 
happening overall without overloading our brains.

Absent earbuds, we can only listen to one aural source at a time. With 
earbuds, and with long-term practice, we may be able to actively monitor as 
many as two aural channels.

-d


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
To: "Dave Doherty" <dave@skywaves.net>; "Brian Vita" 
<brian_vita@cssinc.com>; "'Sid Schweiger'" <sid@wrko.com>; "'Boston Radio 
Interest'" <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Fwd: 16:9 Aspect Ratio]


> OK, I've got it: Main image 12x9. Small images 4x3. Stack the small
> images atop one another and they use 4x9. Place that panel beside the
> 12x9 image and you get 16x9. Would have been nice if your original
> message had said that! With four sets of headphones or a switch that
> allowed you to select which audio came out of the speakers or a single
> set of headphones, it might even be useful.
>
> -----
> Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Doherty" <dave@skywaves.net>
> To: "Brian Vita" <brian_vita@cssinc.com>; "'Sid Schweiger'"
> <sid@wrko.com>; "'Boston Radio Interest'"
> <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: 16:9 Aspect Ratio]
>
>
>>
>> You can display four 4:3 images simultaneously on a 16:9 display -
>> one full size, and three 1/3 size images stacked on one side or the
>> other. If you really wanna go nuts and you have the processing
>> available, you can display a main 4:3 image and two columns of six
>> small images each - a total of 13 simultaneous 4:3 images - more
>> than sufficient to satisfy even the most hard-core news junkie on
>> election night!
>>
>> -Dave Doherty
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