Posted by Gunther Gloop on 06/14/06 16:11

Tricky Dicky wrote:
> It seems to me that a lot of people are so distrustful of the consumer
> electronics companies - and so confused as to what is considered the
> best option - they are just sitting on their cash
>
> Anyone salivating at the prospect of hi-def disks? I remember the
> early days of DVD and there was a frisson of excitement. As it stands
> now hi-def has a whiff of quadraphonics.
>
> IMO, this new format war just stinks of marketing people hyping and
> whipping things up now in order to sell as many Blu-Ray or HD-DVD
> players now and at least recoup some of the R&D costs from the early
> adopters before a unified format and Tescos start flogging them for
> �29.99

I saw a downloaded hi-def episode of Rome the other day and OOooooOOhH was
it great looking.
Not only did I love the series first time around, now I'm really looking
forward to watching it again in hi-def (sometime)... it was like a whole new
program -so much to see!
I found myself checking the texture of the walls, what was on the tables,
all the garments, etc.
It might have been distracting watching it that way first time around, but
boy was it great being able to see all that detail!

I couldn't care less which format 'wins' to be honest, but the whole notion
of 2 formats is killing it for everyone. I'm now more eager for hidef than
ever, but there is no option when there are 2 options.

-Kevin.

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