Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 01/06/08 18:57

In article <tG8gj.29692$pq.28483@newsfe24.lga>,
"Steven" <nomail@ibm.net> wrote:

> This will be true for sometime.............
>
> The largest majority by a wide margin will be very happy with standard DVD's
> and cheap DVD players for many years to come..
>
> Despite this development and other in this area.. the capture of the "large
> majority" audience for HD will not happen.. Most are simply not going to pay
> the price you have to payupgrade to HD. Many will never think the price
> difference is worth it compared to a normal DVD..
>
> Those of us that do this HD thing are really a minority today and will
> remain so for several years.. Most laugh that I buy so many DVD's at all HD
> or not.. as they simply rent... too most it is all about "cheap"
>
> I buy both formats.......... so I have ways to play both in numerous ways..
> I still have not bought a stand alone bluray player as I was not happy with
> the cost/performance -- will keep looking as 2.0 profile machines come out..
>
> I'm looking forward to some great pricing on HD-DVD's, if folks start "fire
> sales".. If I can get a title that I can play in my setups for much cheaper
> then why not............
>
>
> >
> > most people I know don't care about HD anything. They are fine with $10
> > DVD's. They come over and see my stuff and have a hard time seeing the
> > difference. $200-$700 for a player and $30 movies? $1500+ TV..forget it
> > they say and laugh their asses off..
> >
> >

The secret is to never look at either HDDVD or BluRay discs on your new
HDTV. If you never see it, you won't notice how much better it is.

Frankly, unless you are willing to have an HDTV and a decent surround
system to take advantage of the new sound codecs too, there is not a
huge benefit to either at what is normal viewing distances for the
average viewer.

I took my PS3 up to my mom's house and we hooked it up to their 40"
HDTV. While most liked the improvement in picture, they thought I was
nuts to pay $400 for it. Part of that is because the viewing distance
is further than optimum, while being pretty normal for most folks, and
they don't have anything but the TV speakers for sound. IMO, fully half
the experience comes from the sound.

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