Re: new comer

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:08:11 -0400, keith <krw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:38:13 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:30:10 -0700, Tim Wescott <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Jim Thompson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:46:14 -0700, Tim Wescott <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Jim Thompson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:44:09 -0700, Tim Wescott <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>> [snip]
>>>>
>>>>>>I suspect USB2+ will win out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...Jim Thompson
>>>>>
>>>>>1394 is good for video, and always a generation ahead of USB in speed.
>>>>>It's also peer-peer, so you don't need to have a great lunking PC taking
>>>>>up space in your system unless you want to.
>>>>>
>>>>>Here's the last thing I worked on before I left the corporate world.
>>>>>Uses multiple 1394 links, which were chosen because USB just can't cut
>>>>>it: http://www.flir.com/imaging/Airborne/Products/StarSAFIREHD.aspx.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 'Cept that 1394 and USB2 are virtually identical data rates, and USB2
>>>> is decidedly cheaper
>>>>
>>>> ...Jim Thompson
>>>
>>>3.2Gbps > 480kbps in my book -- how about yours?
>>>
>>>Granted, 1394b was only up to 800kbps last time I looked, but that still
>>>makes the difference for moderately high-def video.
>>
>> 3.2Gbps is optical. And the 800kbps is a bit "iffy".
>
>As far as I'm concerned, USB has *always* been iffy. I've had to
>re-install WinBlows many times to get USB back. I *hate* USB! ...though
>I don't much care about 1394 either.

I've had just the opposite experience... USB *always* works.

...Jim Thompson
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