Re: BBC radio chief Jenny Abramsky urges unity on DAB



On Apr 28, 10:13 pm, Sean Inglis <inva...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Explain the explosive success of media players that rip, store and stream
DVDs. Users willingly sacrifice quality for convenience and to fit more of
the content they want to see onto a device that makes it easy to get to.

Indeed. Its a bit ironic this big push for HDTV , blu ray , DVD Audio
etc when most people are quite happy to watch lousy little matchbox
sized pictures with iffy sound quality on naff headphones.

B2003


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