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Re: HDTV is coming..Dont invest in DVD's

And after that there will be something else. That is what the retail business requires (ask Circuit City).

HDTV (given a good signal) is indeed much better, however the players that upgrade 480p to 720p (or 1080i) are nothing to laugh at (especially via DVI). As it has taken DVD years to even approach the library of Laserdisc (I won't even talk about VHS) the investment will be maintained. And, yes I still have my LD-S2 and discs (I also have a scaler, which helps a bunch). Some of my films are still not available on DVD. My advice would be (given that one need spend very little to get an excellent player), go ahead. But in this field, as with personal computers, whatever you buy will be surpassed during your drive home. I would accept it, plan around it and enjoy the films now. To each his own, however.

There were some HDTV tapes available to high end projector/plasma retailers and there are HDTV VHS recorders. How much (if any) is in the retail domain I do not know.

There are some extremely knowledgeable people in this forum. Perhaps they will help.

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