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Posted by JoeBloe on 12/16/06 16:39
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:29:24 -0600, "Dan Luke"
<c172rg@dingdongsouth.net> Gave us:
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>"Derek Janssen" wrote:
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>>> All of this is entirely irrelevant. There is absolutely no movement,
>>> except by extreme videophiles, to the new format. It is stillborn.
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>> Until we get the Analog->Digital switchover in '09, and then everyone who
>> wasn't up on the headlines thinks they HAVE to rush out and buy an HD set.
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>People are *already* rushing out and buying HD sets. That is having no
>effect on new-format DVD player sales because the increased picture quality
>over a good upconverting player is not noticable to most viewers.
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>Prices will have to fall well below $200 before the new players start to
>sell. Will that happen?
Properly designed "HD" level playback devices will likely never (nor
should they) fall to that EL Cheapo crap level as the hardware inside
that makes them do what they do has a substantially higher cost than
standard DVD players. There are typically high end audio chips that
one finds formally in high end stereo receivers and the like. It
requires a processor to decode the data stream coming off the disc.
Much more processing power than a standard DVD does.
Cost of manufacture IS a factor. If you do ever get your El Cheapo
level player, it will barely playback the disc, and will have trade
offs on it audio playback capacity.
It isn't a friggin' wristwatch.
You want $2.00 Mickey Mouse Watch convenience store prices, you're
gonna get Mickey Mouse Watch quality as well.
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