Re: HDTV ­The New Buzzword

On Tue, 13 May 2008 23:48:21 -0700, Sandman wrote
(in article <mr-7D2D9E.08482114052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):

> In article 
> <637fcd65-1c97-42b2-b349-d4179d0e7b17@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  gaintion@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
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>> HDTV certainly is the buzzword at the moment, and if you haven¹t heard
>> it yet, where have you been?
> 
> Only if "for the moment" is "five years ago".
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My satellite TV service just added about 20 new HDTV channels on Monday
even 
though some (like "The Weather Channel") are kind of silly. HD is not
taking 
as long as color to catch-on here in the States (like I thought it would).

Color broadcasting was introduced here in the USA in 1954 and it took
until 
1966 for all the major networks to go 100% color for their prime-time 
programming.  That's 12 years after color broadcasting started. The
networks 
had all gone HD for their prime time fare after about 5 years from the
start 
in 1999. Now most of the so-called cable networks are quickly adding HD 
feeds. I suspect that before all of the analog VHF stations go dark next 
February, that there will be a real surge in HDTV sales.