HD Library April 2005

[HD Library]

Hello!

Hope your spring is going well. We are having a late season here in Atlanta but the flowers have finally kicked in.

While things look good on the surface for HD video and audio it doesn

[hwkn]

Enough will care if they're willing to take the time and money to see how HD can look when done right....if not they'll end up thinking"what's the big deal"and HD will go the way of the dinosaur imho.

[raff]

HDTV will grow, and will not suffer the dino's fate.

As long as sports, more specifically Football, embrace HD, men will buy HDTV's.

[Mr. Leslie Spaiser]

I just purchased my HD compatible monitor (Sony 46" projector). After much research and comparison shopping I felt this was the right set for me. And when it arrived and was installed I was very happy with the results. I remain so, but I have yet to order HD cable service.

I feel, like many people apparently do, that the improvement I see just in standard cable quality broadcasts, plus the very superior quality of DVDs may not warrant the additional $10 / mo. for true HD. Also - I only saw one set in the big retailer next door (Fry's Electronics) that was probably showing true HD, and it was not a broadcast. While it was fantastic (on a HUGE Mitsubishi screen) what I see here in my own home is so satisfactory I don't know if I will bother!

Convince me otherwise

P.S. It is a matter of economics here too - I am a pensioner - live on Social Security - $10 /mo means something to me.

[alice]

Leslie , you seem to have answered your question . You are very happy with the improved picture from digital cable and agree that the Hd broadcasts are even better

Would it not be fantastic to have that Wow factor you noticed on HD avaiable
on a constant basis in home . Ten dollars a month does not seem unreasonable for such a improvement as you have mentioned especially if tv and dvd are a major source of entertainment

[Tombanjo]

Hello!

CD sales have picked up while HD audio sales plummet and to make matters worse the record companies are now pushing the new dual disc and it appears to be a hit. The question is can we draw any parallels between HD audio, HDTV and the upcoming HD DVD format?


Richard

No, I don't think so. SACD & DVDA are niche markets for two reasons. iPods and timid marketing. The masses would rather listen to lousy mpeg quality and be mobile. Spending a couple of hundred and downloading whatever you want to hear vs spending $300 to $8000 on a player plus building a new collection at $11 a pop had a lot to do with it too. Maybe the hi rez would have caught on eventually had they only been up against the basic at home CD player, but the iPod? No way. The new HD DVD format(s) offer renewed hope to audiophiles, providing Sony & the rest live up to it's true audio potential. It should take off eventually, as there's no real competition like iPods. People have to sit down to watch a movie, so they might as well see it in HD, no?

Oddly enough, vinyl is hot now among younger people who were born in the CD generation. Some record plants are ramping up production.

[alice]

Unfortunately as a Canadian was not able to share the Voom experience. otherwise would have been right in there. Currently running feeds from the three diffrent hd providers in the area. Voom was a missing a serious component for me as hd network programming was provided on OTA basis. There is only a 2 OTA stations in Toronto , Ont and none in the rest of Canada.

Unfortunately, Consumer care seems to go up as costs go down .

We must continue to show them what there are missing without an hd source and sell them what they need .

Education of the Electronics sales force and the Public will be very postive in the advent of HD as it will reduce the misformation. They will concentrate on selling the client what is needed for a hd experience and educate them on the virtues of upgrading to hd as they can if only a digital tv is currently affordable The Public will come to understand Hd is not inexpensive but provides a bargain in the viewing experience gained . They will not delude themselves into believing that digital tv or ED is HIGH DEFINITION . They will have made an informed decision and if they choose a display that only passes a hi def signal, they will not contribute to the misformation by telling their neighbours they have HD.

The Greed of the manufacturers involved the format wars and the Paranoia of Hollywood & MPAA has to be controlled to effectively advance the movement .

The efforts to steal consumers rights of fair use in recording for Personal use must be crushed. Personal use defined as for you or distribution within your home.

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[BlackHitachi]

Well i really think we as HDTV owners really need to help educate people!! I mean i do understand the cost factor, but now the prices have dropped so much!! Look at walmart they have some real nice low cost tv's!! We do however need one format in HD- dvd. All these different types of formats i dont think are to good. I mean the above average consumer such as us understand and have the money to buy such things. It would be so much better to go with one format that is future proof for a wile. Thats why i want Blu-ray Much more size. I know some will say but HD-DVD will be cheaper to make. Well i say so its cheaper to make a cd or dvd then cassete tape or vcr tape but which one costs more?? Anyway HD is the future even though so many seem to be fighting it!!

[mo-n-MO]

Having had my HDTV (54" Samsung) for about 3 years it is getting dated as far as new technology is concerned. It doesn't have any HD inputs except componet. I have been a subscriber to Dish Network since 2000 and they don't seem to be interested in letting me have a HD receiver (I'm not going to pay them for one and then pay them extra for the programming.) I receive all my movie channels with a digital C band system. Again the cost of a HD box is for that system is also very high. I am more satisfied with this TV than with any I have ever had. We have at least 2 TV stations in the area that are transmitting digital signals OTA, and I assume HD content when available. Again the cost of the converter is prohibitive since the only local programming I watch is the news.