OT-- Quote: "HDTV happenning much, much faster"

busterkeaton wrote on 11/29/2003, 8:56 PM
"This is going to happen much, much faster than anyone thought even six months ago," Bryan Burns, vice president of strategic business planning at ESPN, which has launched an HD channel, said at a recent SportsBusiness Journal media and technology conference in Manhattan."

http://www.nynewsday.com/business/ny-hdyv1130,0,1995671.story?coll=nyc-business-short-navigation

NY Newsday, which is the 8th largest newspaper in the US, just devoted the front page of its Sunday paper to a story on HDTV. I thought I would pass that along as a indication of a growing mainstream push for HDTV. Newsday is by far the main paper on Long Island also has a NYC presence.

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Spot|DSE wrote on 11/29/2003, 10:31 PM
Part of this is federal initiative, part of it is because it's a wider standard, and part of it is consumer demand. The Ditgital Media Summit conference in June release figures saying that HDTV will be pervasive nearly 15 times faster than stereo television was, and nearly 25 times faster than the transition to color television was.
Many stations have been financially prepping for this for a while. But....be careful being on the bleeding edge, this isn't going to be a requirement for a while, and formatting is still settling down.
View www.atsc.org for more information if you want to read dry white papers. You can read two papers for free on the ATSC site. Then you have to subscribe/pay.
JJKizak wrote on 11/30/2003, 6:03 AM
I wouldn't be surprised if "tube" models were history 2 years from now. The big push is on for flat panels, LCD and Plasma. How can I tell?
Just go into the big retailers stores and look around. Tube models stuck on the shelves and all the flat panels on the main floor.

JJK
TheHappyFriar wrote on 11/30/2003, 6:58 AM
I'm not sure the tube models will be gone for a while. Even though HDTV wil eventuatly be everywhere, it's not really feasable for most people. Look at broadband: years ago it was said it would be everywhere. It is still only accissable in mostly urban areas. Plus, the FCC is kinda laggin on the HDTV thing. The deadline came and went, and stations still don't broadcast it. After all, you can still buy VHS, cassate, and floppy disks (3 inchers).

Then you've got hollywood and the networks. They want 100% guarentie that no one can copy their shows. I can think of one really easy way to copy their stuff with little effort, but don't want to post for fear of being acused of copying that stuff (i don't. I belive in paying people for their hard work).

Also, did you know that a city in Germany (I belive Berlin, but not 100% so don't quote me) went from SDTV to DigitalTV in only 6 MONTHS?!?! Why? It wasn't required to do HD, just digital. That required retavility little changes to on the comsumer end (only needed a cheap DTV tuner) and on the broadcast end (didn't need to buy lots of HD equipment). That's what the FCC should of done. HD could of been implimented later.

Plus, HDTV designers aren't making many "small" HDTV's (less then 40 inches). I don't even have room in my house for a TV better then 25/26 inches, which is what I have now (and also, it's not a TV. It's an old NEC color monitor. It looks better then the same size tube TV's that are out today. And I paid $0 for it!).

But, I HOPE that HDTV goes through, gets cheap, and is everywhere. But I would prefer broadband as I don't watch TV, mostly just movies, and would like to use the internet faster then 28.8 speed. So, Mr. Powel, if you're reading this, why not get the telephone lines in this country up to spec and not worry about getting super hi res TV to me!
wcoxe1 wrote on 11/30/2003, 2:34 PM
The ONLY TV I see in my future for a LONG while, is about a 15" diag 16:9 format with 1920 x 1080. And you know how many of those there are on the shelves. Oh, well, I can wait. And I WILL wait. Nothing else will do for MANY years.

And they can just forget about Plasma. Too short a life span. And LCD doesn't have good enough color. Both a bit sad, but I say, let the suckers buy those huge things now, and pay for the R&D, and bring the prices of everything down and the longevity and quality up. I'll politely tell them thank you for footing the bill while I quietly wait.