Posted by ChairmanOfTheBored on 08/21/07 01:06

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:08:49 -0700, "Telstar" <none@none.net> wrote:

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>"Derek Janssen" <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:feednUI8n7gwkFfbnZ2dnUVZ_oOnnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Lloyd Parsons wrote:
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>>> What this really means is that the 'format war' for the 2% market share
>>> that these two formats have will be in full swing for the holidays.
>>> Personally I hope it keeps going. This war is the only thing that got
>>> prices down to their current levels.
>>
>> Thing is, this isn't a sudden "swing" or "turning of the battle"--
>> They'd already lost hearts and minds with the public, as most video and
>> mainstream outlets had already given HD up for dead after Blockbuster, and
>> were on the CES '08 Deathwatch.
>>
>> It was a bribe, the majority of fans will see it as a bribe,
>
>No they won't. As the article states...this has made the whole thing murky.
>I would suggest both formats will fail and something better will come along
>within 18 months.]
>


Idiot. HDTVs will double frame rate. They will NOT be advancing pixel
array size any time soon, so "better" is a very nebulous term. We have
what we have... both are here to stay, and retards like you will never
get the big picture.

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