Re: HD radio????


"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <ge2Ff.6677$fM1.3462@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"numeric" <numeric@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Before the Letterman show went to HD, I watched mostly Leno, because it
was
HD. Now that Letterman is HD I watch more Letterman. If I stay up for
the
Conan O'Brien show I will watch Conan because it is HD rather then
Ferguson,
even though I prefer Craig Ferguson. I will not watch SDTV crap.

Sexually Transmitted Disease Vision?

Anyway, step back and look at the big, big world you're in. And look at
the people around you.

By and large, they don't care about high def. Post-war, quality has
been a niche market in the US. It's demanded a premium--witness the
number of GM cars out there vs. Lexus. Some people are happy to PAY for
the premium, but the masses are happy buying cheap stuff in mass
quantities.


The sales of HDTV is rapid, I had to wait many weeks for my set to arrive,
the waiting list was long. Even though the price has dramatically dropped in
the past several years, there are holdouts waiting for even lower prices;
maybe below $1000. The issue is not quality, it is price. Unlike a car, the
quality gets better as the price drops. People expect this inverse
quality/price relationship, for electronic stuff, and wait for better
prices.



And, that you're making your decision on what to watch purely based on
whether it's high def or not, irrespective of actual program content,
speaks volumes. You would apparently watch utter crap, as long as it's
in HD, and dismiss quality programming for the sole reason that it's in
SD.

Should this be an example of your logic, then I feel safe that HDTV will be
around for a long time. No where did I give an example of what I consider
"utter crap". If its utter crap then I keep my set OFF.





That's your prerogative, but you are not the target audience.

What is the target audience? This is the second time in this thread you have
accused one of not being the target audience; obviously you must know.




Now that the world is digital, you'll pay for your high def--even over
broadcast--because they can't afford otherwise.

No, I expect free HDTV over broadcast TV. Analog TV used a 6Mhz spectrum; I
expect a 6Mhz spectrum to be used for HDTV. I know that startup productions
costs for HDTV is higher then for SDTV costs, but; the costs will drop. Like
the transition from black and white TV to color TV, the production costs
were high; but to day it probably makes no difference. In fact, the costs
would be much higher for B&W TV if one had to use new equipment based on the
design techniques used for B&W TV. There is nothing in my experience to
suggest that the trend toward HDTV will falter, except deliberate greed
driven manipulation.



You may not want to hear this, and you'll razz me--but in 10 years,
let's revisit this, shall we, and see where we stand.

If you are right, I shall not have a TV of any kind.



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