RE: Video vs The Written Word

[Sankara R <ss_rajanala -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

There is no question about a picture being equal
to a thousand words; a motion picture therefore
is likely equal to a million words.
... Video vs text is a
> silly debate.  They're not
> equals; they're not even related.

No, video is a visual experience; it has audio
overlaid (or voice-overed), but the point is
valid...
...  Video is an
> auditory and visual
> experience where as reading text is a cognitive
> experience 

And involves imagination. Conjuring up and all
that stuff in the head: not relevant to tech. wr.
but reading and visualizing are quite different.


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