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In Reply to: Great article on HD DVD posted by clarkjohnsen on February 24, 2006 at 10:59:21:
If these formats are to take off, they need to make it easy enough to understand for Joe & Sally Sixpack or Joseph & Sarah Winespritzer. As someone wisely pointed out above, the big companies are not interested in cranky videophiles. They have failed to interest the typical consumer, so until they all agree to one standard, the issue of formats, connections, etc, etc, is done before it starts.
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The issue was launched 9 years ago. Those who ignored the Congressional debate and the issues which cropped up immediately with the FCC had to have had their heads buried in the sand. Even back then, I knew the state of video was on a fast track for evolution. What irked me no end is that although Congress voted for digital video, they did not endorse a system, leaving that to be fought out by the manufacturers. Now, that it truly stupid, and it led to manufacturers dragging their feet while the big giants slugged it out, and we certainly are still witnessing that.
Even 5 or 6 years ago when the first samples of Hi def were revealed(actually before that as Japan already had hi def analog), those with big screens wanted the increased performance. In the interim, we have seen video upsamplers drop in proce from $20K for a Faroudja line doubler to the pointweher you can find these in a $100 DVD player. We see sets capabile of accepting a 480 p signal and even more and with far greater flexibility of inputs.
Let's face it, it ain't rocket science and the winds of change have been blowing for many years. If you think Panasonic and other mass market manufacturers aren't aware of the needs of the basic consumer, you are dead wrong. A Panasonic Veep I spoke to 11 years ago told me that they were not investing in the RPTV market because they thought Plasma was where it was going to be. He also cautioned me that it would take them at the minimim 5 years to come out with an affordable product. When they did come out, their sets were 50% cheaper than the Philips models.
Now you blame the manufacturers? The real problem is Congress and all the voters who ignore what they are doing, or, in this case, not doing. They set the deadlines, and the manufactures have ended up fighting over issues up till crunch time. Who loses? It's the the poeple who ignore what is happening and live comfortably in their cozy little world thinking they are immune from change.
Wake up.....
Rant over.
Stu
At the time, it was calculated that selling off the excess airspace left by a digital video conversion would net the US government 200 billion dollars. There already has been attempts by the government to start the auctioning and allocation, if anyone cares.
Stu
> Now you blame the manufacturers? The real problem is Congress and all the voters who ignore what they are doing,Yep, I blame congress, for instituting the change in the first place. They should have let the industry figure out the timetable and the technology. If a manufacturer comes out with a better DVD, and consumers accept it, then it should "win."
When congress mandates change, bad things happen. It's better for change to occour organically, and let the consumer decide.
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