Posted by Jan Panteltje on 11/10/07 16:48

On a sunny day (Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:25:27 GMT) it happened Larry in AZ
<usenet2@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote in
<Xns99E45F5F5B90Bthefrogprince@69.28.173.184>:

>Waiving the right to remain silent, Johan Stäck <johan@stack.se> said:
>
>> But I am still hoping to get some feedback on my initial question:
>> What is the reason for having interlaced camcorders *today* with
>> virtually all end-user gear (TV sets, computer screens etc) needing to
>> convert it to progressive (by means of de-interlacing) before displaying
>> it?
>
>"Virtually all" end-user sets *are not* progressive. There are tens of
>millions of CRT sets still in use.

Desktop:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2181410,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532
TV
http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/index.php/digital_tokyo/articles/big_screen_crt_tv_business_in_japan_all_but_over/

Many people will upgrade to LCD, with HDTV and digital coming.
There were no CRT TVs in the shops here in Europe, last time I looked.
Sure, some people have one at home, some people also have manual coffee grinding machines,
and some people even pay in dollars, while the world has moved to Euros years ago.
;-)

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