Posted by Dan Luke on 12/16/06 13:29

"Derek Janssen" wrote:

>>
>> All of this is entirely irrelevant. There is absolutely no movement,
>> except by extreme videophiles, to the new format. It is stillborn.
>
> Until we get the Analog->Digital switchover in '09, and then everyone who
> wasn't up on the headlines thinks they HAVE to rush out and buy an HD set.
>

People are *already* rushing out and buying HD sets. That is having no
effect on new-format DVD player sales because the increased picture quality
over a good upconverting player is not noticable to most viewers.

Prices will have to fall well below $200 before the new players start to
sell. Will that happen?

--
Dan

"Almost all the matter that came out of the Big Bang was two specific sorts;
hydrogen, and stupidity."

-Robert Carnegie in talk.origins

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