Posted by Jeff Rife on 09/25/05 22:14

Mark Jones (noemail@mindspring.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> Media options are becoming more portable all of the time
> and now you indicate that they want to tie this new system
> to an internet connection. This will drastically reduce the
> number of people will to buy into the new format. I have
> 2 HDTVs and I do not want a system that has to phone
> home when I want to watch a movie.

I also don't want such a "phone home" system, but I would guess that the
thinking here is that the market for portable HD-resolution playback is
so small that the number of actual sales lost might not be significant.

The reality is that although the early adopters *might* buy into this
for the HD quality, 5 years from now when everybody can afford an HD
display as their main TV, there will still be a tiny percentage of homes
that have a full-time Internet connection available to their "TV room".
Even with an explosion in full-time connectivity, probably less than 10%
will have it somewhere other than their "computer room", unless the players
all have built-in wireless.

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