Re: HDTV -The New Buzzword

In article <znu-6EBE4D.20231017052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, ZnU
<znu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Equipment vendors have a tiered product structure set up to basically 
> rob deep-pocket customers like major networks, by doing things like 
> selling $60K cameras that don't actually produce noticeably better 
> images than $6K cameras, selling $70K tape decks when tapeless 
> acquisition is both vastly cheaper and much more convenient for modern 
> workflows, or selling $10K "studio monitors" which aren't any better for

> monitoring than $1K consumer HD panels unless you're doing color 
> correction.
> 
> The networks are used to paying these kinds of prices (a decade ago you 
> actually *did* get a lot more when you spent that much more), so they'll

> happily continue to pay them, in the belief that cheaper equipment isn't

> "serious" enough for them. The upshot is that converting a studio to HD 
> *does* cost a lot... but not because it actually has to.

Echoed.
I recall spending time in Sony's monitor plants talking to engineers
about the (negligible) difference in the monitors they sold. We were
talking about air traffic control that night, but it applies to many
industries -- they are tricked into paying HUGE prices for hardware.

Tricking a buyer is always wrong.
Even when you think it's a company, not people.
Even if you think 'they can afford it.'
Even if you have something against that industry.
Even if others get away with it.