On Wed, 14 May 2008 10:57:34 -0700, Dave Fritzinger wrote
(in article
<59ea4ef0-80b8-490b-8ce8-49cf6396001b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> On May 14, 7:09 am, George Graves <gmgrav...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 May 2008 23:48:21 -0700, Sandman wrote
>> (in article <mr-7D2D9E.08482114052...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>>
>>> In article
>>> <637fcd65-1c97-42b2-b349-d4179d0e7...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>> gaint...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>
>>>> HDTV certainly is the buzzword at the moment, and if you havenšt
heard
>>>> it yet, where have you been?
>>
>>> Only if "for the moment" is "five years ago".
>>
>> 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.
>
> Oddly enough, in Hawaii we can't get the CBS network affiliate in HD,
> if we have cable, though I believe satellite subscribers can. It has
> something to do with revenue sharing between the affiliate, KGMB, and
> the local cable provider, Time Warner Oceanic Cable. They gave us HD
> for the Super Bowl a couple of years ago, but since then, nothing. We
> do get the other networks in HD, plus a pretty large number of other
> stations, but not CBS.
> --
> Dave Fritzinger
> Honolulu, HI
Unfortunate as CBS actually has (IMHO) all the best programming. In fact,
although I watch very little so-called network programming, that little
which
I do watch seems to be all CBS programming.
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