Posted by Derek Janssen on 10/24/07 20:04

Richard C. wrote:
> "Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote in message
> news:13hshoqmmhi5182@corp.supernews.com...
>
>> 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).
> Sorry, but HD is NOW!

In fact, it's been fun watching Jacobs try and keep the
Blu-D00d-Must-Die banner flying as Snarky Conscientious Objector, even
as the War seems ready to resolve itself:

Going back over the arguments, you can see his own brief history of
Pre-War Isolationism^1 :
"Who cares about hi-def, there aren't any screens or programming anyway..."
"I've got the screens, got a good deal LCD for $750, they look great,
and all our local networks broadcast!"
"Yeah, well, what's so great about Blu-ray, they don't have a player, it
can't do anything right now, and it's too expensive!"
"Actually, just got a PS3 for $400, it's all loaded up with the current
wireless system-updates, and it's even the best Sony DVD-upconvert
player out there."
"Hah, well, the war's going to go on for years, because the public are
dopey non-tech idiots, and they want to play Transformers on $150 HD
players!"
"Actually, Paramount's been taking bad PR over customer problems on
their Transformers disks, and there's been a number of 'defective' returns."
"Yeah...well.......after a month or two of disks, you probably won't
even LIKE it!" :-P

Derek Janssen (it's hard to face a changing world when peace breaks out)
ejanss1@verizon.net
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1 - I mean, not to invoke Godwin, but am I the only one who thinks "Who
cares about that silly format war; it's only for techies, but at least
it's getting the prices down!" keeps sounding eerily like 1938's "Who
cares what that silly painter is doing in Europe; at least they're
getting the factories running!"?

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