Posted by Richard C. on 10/24/07 00:46

"Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote in message
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> Luke Hooft <blank@nothing.com> wrote:
>> I think it's really just a future-proofing thing where eventually we'll
>> have such big screens that SD will just not look good on it. 1080p
>> projectors, for example, are getting more affordable, and that's
>> definitely going to need HD to look really good.
>
> At the same time, not everyone is going to be upgrading to a large
> screen. Also, the vast majority of programming is still in SD.
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Not true - 90% of prime time network TV is now in HD.
Many daytime shows are in HD ( even soaps and news).
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> HD programming is still pretty scarce,

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See above. I hae not watched any shows that were in SD in several years.
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> HD may be the future, but it's not quite a necessity yet. Probably won't
> be for at least another 10 years.
>
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Sorry, but HD is NOW!

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