Video Asylum

Posted by williak (A) on June 20, 2003 at 12:36:19

In Reply to: Re: Plasmas posted by rasmussen on June 20, 2003 at 07:00:15:

Ras,

EVERYTHING is going HD. The DBS boys are lighting up come July 1st which will push cable which will push DBS, etc. OTA HD is very widely available in most TV markets. Your "few hours of plain Jane network programming" is almost certainly broadcast in HD. And HD-DVD will make a huge splash in the next year or two (being backward compatible with 480p DVD-Vs).

As far as size, ask anyone that went with the larger size RPTV. You'll find about 1/2 a percent that downsized. The ONLY reason to go 42" would be if there is simply no wall space to mount a 50". Check the outside dimensions - the 50" is just a tad bigger than the 42".

Why anyone would pay 75-90% of HD PDP prices for a crippled ED version is beyond me. You'd be downrezzing just about everything except DVD-Videos and Fox (both not long for the 480p world). Gotta look down the road, not at your feet, in this biz.

Austin