Posted by Bob on 02/12/06 16:49

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:04:05 +0000 (UTC), "Paul McLaughlin"
<paul@paul-suzanne.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi,
>I currently have a Philips DVR which looks like it is giving up the ghost.
>
>I've been looking to upgrade to the Pioneer DVR-930H-S, which has a HDMI
>output (I've got a Pioneer Plasma, so thought this would be a good hook up).
>
>But I'm not sure about next generation HD DVDs. Will the Pioneer be able to
>play them? I dont want to forl out �700 for something that will be need to
>be upgraded in a few months...

My intuition informs me to wait on making a high end acquisition of a
DVD-HDD unit.

I expect the video entertainment industry to change radically over the
next few years. There is no reason that the major ISPs and/or major
cable providers can't work out some way to download videos for the
consumer to put on his hard disk and send to other computers/players
via a network. That effectively bypasses any need for DVDs.


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