Talk:Nipkow disk

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I believe a minor correction is required.

Under "Disadvantages" is the phrase

"Unlike the line resolution provided by a Nipkow disk, which is potentially very high, the maximum number of scanlines is much more limited"

I assume the contributor meant to refer to a technique OTHER than the Nipkow disk. I can't correct it as I don't know what technique the contributor had in mind.

Gbwadham 05:28, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

No, it's meant to contrast the resolution in the two dimensions. E.g. a disk with 30 holes can only resolve 30 scan lines, but potentially hundreds of elements along a scan line. Probably "line resolution" is a poor attempt at expressing that. Now that you know, maybe you can fix it. Dicklyon 05:55, 14 February 2007 (UTC)