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Input Devices: Advantages & Disadvantages

Remote controls emit infrared signals to control devices like TVs and can be programmed to send multiple commands with one button. MIDI instruments convert musical notes to digital data that can be edited and played back differently. Digital cameras digitize photos instead of using film, allowing photos to be easily transferred and edited on a computer without developing costs. Keyboards reliably input text and numbers by sending unique codes for each key but may be slow for menus or moving objects on screen.

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Input Devices: Advantages & Disadvantages

Remote controls emit infrared signals to control devices like TVs and can be programmed to send multiple commands with one button. MIDI instruments convert musical notes to digital data that can be edited and played back differently. Digital cameras digitize photos instead of using film, allowing photos to be easily transferred and edited on a computer without developing costs. Keyboards reliably input text and numbers by sending unique codes for each key but may be slow for menus or moving objects on screen.

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Input Devices Advantages &

Disadvantages
REMOTE CONTROL
These emit a beam of infra-red light which carries digital data signals. They are often used to control TV’s and VCR’s.
More advanced models can be programmed to transmit a series of commands with one button press.

Advantages:
Each function can have its own button making them very simple to use.

Disadvantages:
Only advanced models can be have the buttons reprogrammed so they cannot be used to
control anything other than the device they were designed for.
MIDI INSTRUMENTS
MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. These are normal musical instruments which have a
MIDI port for input into a MIDI interface in the computer.
The notes are converted into digital data and saved as a file on the computer. This data can be converted
back into notes or edited by computer software.
The software often has a wide range of special effects or stored sound data from real instruments.

Advantages:
Data from a musical instrument is easily captured and edited with a computer.
MIDI files are small.
MIDI files can be recorded on one type of instrument and played back on another.

Disadvantages:
Audio cannot be recorded directly as an audio files such as MP3.
The playback depends on the instrument/computer sound card so may not sound the same as the original.
Only the note and the timing are stored.
DIGITAL CAMERA
These are used to take photographs like a normal camera but produce digital images instead of using film.
The light passing through the lens is digitised by special light sensitive sensors. The image is stored on memory
chips in the camera and can then be transferred to a computer.
The resolution of such cameras is increasing rapidly and professional models have become standard in photo-
journalism. Images are usually compressed as jpeg’s to save memory.
Removable memory cardAdvanced models have removable memory cards to increase the camera’s storage
capacity. Images can be transferred to a computer by cables or memory card readers.

Advantages:
No film is needed and there are no film developing costs.
Unwanted images can be deleted straight away.
Images are already digital and can easily be transferred to a computer and edited or transferred over the Internet.
Special image editing software can allow a huge range of adjustments and special effects to be tried.

Disadvantages:
Images often have to be compressed to avoid using up too much expensive
KEYBOARD
The standard keyboard is the commonest way to enter text and numerical data into a computer.
Each individual key is a switch, which when pressed, sends a digital code to the computer.
For example, pressing the ‘A’ key produces the binary code 01100001 representing the lower case letter ‘a’. Holding
down the shift key at the same time produces the binary code 01000001 representing the upper case letter ‘A’.

Advantages:
Reliable for data input of text and numbers.
Usually supplied with a computer so no additional cost.
Specialised keyboards are available.
Picture of A specialised keyboard

Disadvantages:
Users may be slow for not very accurate typists.
Slow for accessing menus etc. and difficult to use if you want to move objects around the screen.
Difficult for people unable to use keyboards through paralysis or muscular disorder.

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