[mythtv-users] FW:HD TV's Slow Addoption

[Brian J. Murrell]

On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 14:23 -0600, Greg Woods wrote:
> 
> You're from Canada according to your e-mail address.

Yep.

> If you aren't a
> hockey fan,

I'm not.

> some of your friends probably are.

Sure.

> Ask them if there is a
> difference between watching hockey in SD vs. HD. No contest.

Maybe there is a difference.  But as I said, I'm not so why do I care?

> Same for
> NFL football here in the US.

Not a football fan either.

> But you are correct that, in the end, it's a matter of personal
> preference.

And budget!  Obviously if I had all of my other financially dependent
desires met, sure, I'd splurge.

> I suspect that, in time, the prices of HD equipment will
> start to come down to the point where the price difference is much less
> than the quality difference, at which point SD will go the way of B&W,

Indeed.  And when that happens intersected with my set going for a dump,
I will.  But not until then.  I guess I just figured I am sure there are
lots of others in the same boat, hence the slow uptake.

It surely would be interesting to know how long serious penetration of
color sets took.

b.

-- 
My other computer is your Microsoft Windows server.

Brian J. Murrell
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