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Posted by Barry Watzman on 01/15/07 04:42
Lots of HD (and it is HD in terms of resolution and image quality, plus
the "HD" light on my cable box is on) is still 4:3. For example, the HD
feed of the NBC nightly news (Brian Williams) is HD but it's not
widescreen; I believe that this is true also for CBS and ABC. Of course
you can have either the cable box or the set "stretch" a 4:3 broadcast
to fill the screen but this introduces visible distortion. I'd rather
just leave it narrow with sidebars, but also with HD's high resolution.
That said, once you experience HD broadcasts (4:3 or widescreen), you
will find yourself resenting SDTV, and also searching for HD material to
watch because it's in HD. Over time, the amount of HD programming will
grow (also, almost certainly, the percentage of it that is widescreen).
You can continue watching NTSC SDTV until it dies (and longer, if you
insist, with a converter), but you won't stop the transition to digital
TV and HDTV.
Side note: I bought a JVC HDTV, 56" 1080p, for $1899 on December 2nd.
Today Best Buy has the same set for $1,749 (and they offered a price
protection guarantee for all sales since late November until February
5th). The price is falling fast, this is less than I paid in 1996 for a
Hitachi 50" projection TV (NTSC SDTV, of course). LCD sets of 37" and
below are now under $1,000. With the falling prices and the mandated
death of over-the-air NTSC in February of 2009, the move to HD is not
going to be stopped, regardless of how anyone feels about it.
AnthonyR wrote:
> "MassiveProng" <MassiveProng@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in
> message news:obshq2p41214spfahbbriq41d6jpit5g6b@4ax.com...
>> On 12 Jan 2007 05:37:35 -0800, jukka@liimatta.org Gave us:
>>
>>>> I could go on but it's pointless. The bottom line here is that you are
>>>> a very shortsighted person who lacks both experience and vision. We've
>>>> been through this before, and the passage of time will nullify all of
>>>> your arguments.
>>> I don't lack vision neither experience but still won't be first in line
>>> to pay HIGH premium for immature first tier products, which I don't
>>> even have any sensible use at this time.
>> You're obviously just not a "first tier" kinda guy... in any sense.
>>> The players are ridiculously priced and there are only a handful of
>>> titles you can even buy at this time.
>> You don't remember the "handful of titles" that rand in DVD?
>> We won't even mention the Laser Disc player prices when it was the top
>> dog of A?V mass reproduction.
>>
>>> Thousands of dollars to watch
>>> Spiderman in Hi-Def? Not my cup of tea.
>> Do you even have a high definition display yet?
>>
>> What will you do when nothing works that you have?
>>
>>> But I'll check on the progress with interest and will consider
>>> upgrading from red to blue laser based optical media when it makes any
>>> sense;
>> Opinions are like assholes.
>>
>>> right now it makes no sense at all,
>> To you... asshole...
>>
>>> the format "war", even if
>>> resolved by hybrid discs and/or players doesn't forge any confidence
>>> either.
>> Actually, it does.
>>
>>> Early adopters always end up shafted and always will.
>> Yeah... there is a little 2 mm shaft spinning my hub right now,
>> that spins the years in development high definition technology disc in
>> front of a years in development laser diode, passing a data stream
>> onto some very high end years in development handling circuitry.
>>
>> Fuck you, idiot.
>
> I agree with Jukka, I was always an early adapter myself. I paid $1200 for
> first 1x Pioneer DVD burner and $1400 for first Philips DVD burner home
> unit.
> Now you can buy a dual format computer burner at 16x for under $30, and a
> home DVD burner for $69 that doesn't have the bugs the $1400 units did with
> the laser head assembly needing constant replacement by Philips. So those of
> us who got burned before are more cautious this time around and can wait.
> And no, I don't even have an HD set yet, why should I? 16:9 isn't broadcast
> on every channel yet. I enjoy what I watch today, you seem to imply I am
> missing out by not seizing the day. I enjoy standard NTSC signal and current
> 480i DVD just fine on 50'' 4:3 set just fine, and plan to as long as the set
> holds out.
> I would buy my neighbors 4:3 (60inch he is selling cause he is moving) if I
> had room to store it as a back up!
> So you're argument makes no sense to me, maybe you need to get burned with
> bluray or hd-dvd as an early adapter so you are more cautious in 10 years
> for next big shift.
> Also, why the need to curse? I ignore it, it doesn't bolster your argument
> at all, just makes you seen hot headed irrational and less intelligent.
>
> As far as HD-DVD against bluray, whichever format is backward compatible to
> current DVD, I believe both HD-DVD and dual format players (will)
> then that is what will succeed in format war, as current 480i DVD is here to
> stay for years and years!! It's selling like hot cakes now, no one plans to
> switch away from current DVD, maybe slowly add some HD titles to their
> collection but switch to incompatible format? NEVER!!!
>
> AnthonyR.
>
>
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