Posted by Tarkus on 10/24/06 19:42

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:57:32 -0400, Derek Janssen wrote:

> Tarkus wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:09:14 +1000, bah wrote:
>>
>>>HD is a complete wank. DVD is fine for the Joe Six-Pack crowd.
>>
>> The same thing said about VHS during DVD's fledgling days.
>
> ...Don't make us quote the "Third Rock from the Sun" episode. :)
>
> Seriously, though, remember, it's not just neat-o, it's the LAW-- FCC
> has declared we must all have HD sets (and players!) by January 2009,
> or buy converter boxes, seeing as every broadcaster must switch signals
> or die.
>
> (Now, if VHS had been made illegal in June 2000, that would have been
> perfectly fine with us, but we'd have still needed time to catch up.)

Of course, DVD won't be made illegal in 2009. It will still play
perfectly well on those HD sets or SD sets with converters. So will VHS,
for that matter.

But yeah, that will certainly help the cause for the HD formats.

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