Posted by Alpha on 09/26/05 02:09

"Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1da0eb36659bc3e498a003@news.nabs.net...
> 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.


Right. And wireless video content bi-directional handshaking already exists
overseas....with no cracks available.

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