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Maybe I shouldn't respond, but...

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

I will. Just a few days ago I was completely with you. I thought all of this business was a big yawner. I really can't care all that much about which format wins, if either, and the free "come-on" movies that come with players have zero inetrest to me for the most part. Moreover, upscaled DVD looks VERY good on my 58 inch plasma set. It's not as good as top HD, but it's far better than ordinary DVD, and I can watch it with with real pleasure; the films in some local movie theaters often don't look any better. Furthermore, there are many more HD movies of interest to me coming over my satellite service than are available on disc. So far well over 90% of the releases on both formats have little interest for me.

But two nights ago I bought a HD DVD player for two reasons: it was so cheap (less than $200 delivered), and a scan of a my rental company's films showed that there were enough films of interest to me in HD DVD to make it worth it, though not all that many to be sure. I'm not even sure that this relatively small investment is a worthwhile one, but if I decide it isn't, I won't be out too much money. I suspect I'll get my money's worth out of it. Having now watched some operas in HD on a big screen, I can see a potential I never saw before, and there are a number of operas that are going to be released in the near future. Played through my good sound system, I found I could enjoy opera in HD almost as much seeing it live from a distant balcony seat where you can't even see the expression on the singer's faces.

Joe

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