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RE: survey: how many folks still refuse to go Hd or blu?

Posted by Syncros (A) on December 13, 2007 at 08:15:38

In Reply to: survey: how many folks still refuse to go Hd or blu? posted by Elizabeth on December 11, 2007 at 10:54:01:

For me to go to “True High Def” I need to:

1. Buy a new TV as I only have a 720p plasma (which I bought two weeks ago at a wicked good price and don’t regret buying one bit). I would have had to buy a new set before the new plasma as I was using a 720p 50 inch LCD projection.
2. Buy a player (or two*) and cross my fingers that it survives the war, the movies I really want come on said format, etc or two. And what happens when the new release I’m dying for only comes out on the other format?
3. Find room for said player in my rack.
4. Buy a HDMI cable.
5. Buy 6 analog cables to get the newest “high def” audio formats because my Parasound doesn’t have the ability to decode the new audio formats
6. Re purchase High Def copies of movies I already own.
7. * if I end up with two machines I’m going to need to get an HDMI switcher since the Parasound doesn’t have a HDMI input.

Where is the upside for me again? I mean, I’m looking at, what, at least $2,500 to buy in if I stick with a cheap 42 inch 1080p plasma, go HD, and buy cheap cables? And then I’m going to spend $29.00 for a new HD release vs. $15.00 for the DVD (yeah I know I can rent them)? And once I’m in I have to hope that they don’t decide to go to HDMI 1.4. I have to start switching inputs on my TV to watch cable since I don’t have anything that up converts component video to HDMI and I’m a lazy bastard, blah, blah, blah.

So tell me again who is winning out of all this mess and confusion because it’s not me. I don’t care how much better the picture is (and I can see how much better it is) I’m not playing this game. I’m going to call it the BS that it is and flip ‘em the bird for now.

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