The dangers of digital -
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Published on: 3/4/2005
Last Visited: 5/18/2005
"There is an analog video enhancement technique called time frame averaging that can turn a blurry license plate into a crystal clear image," offered Grady Baker, project director of the IACP's in-car video survey.However, digital video can't be enhanced, because images are built using tiny pixels.
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The IACP's Grady Baker agreed: "There's actually nothing wrong with analog video, it's just the technology of the past."The real issue is not whether to resist the digital revolution, but how to join it without compromising too much on quality."After all, it's possible to build digital video systems that are superior to analog, but their cost would be prohibitive," Baker said.