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http://www.latimes.com/features/reli...ews%2Dreligion
OK here's good and bad:
Bad:
1. If I read this article before getting into HDTV and I was not so technically inclined, it would be a long time before I got into HDTV. (Frankly, I am questioning it now!)
2. It shows what we already knew, but now anyone who reads the article knows it too. This is bad PR for HDTV.
3. I made all of the same assumptions as the author when I bought my DTC100. It shows how BS DirecTV is. Especially when the stuff in the Demo Loop didn't ever exist in HD (Dennis Miller, etc.). That is why I cancelled DirecTV a long time ago.
Good:
1. It lets me know how my introduction to HDTV was not unique. Along with members of this forum, I feel vindicated.
2. Accurately depicts what a person can expect if he decides he is ready for HDTV.
Ultimately, I think HDTV is going to keep foundering as long as this is the typical experience. Especially when a buyer gets the TV home and realizes that he is not even close to getting anything in HDTV until a few more considerable investments are made. And even then ones expectations will mnost likely not be met.
Rick
OK here's good and bad:
Bad:
1. If I read this article before getting into HDTV and I was not so technically inclined, it would be a long time before I got into HDTV. (Frankly, I am questioning it now!)
2. It shows what we already knew, but now anyone who reads the article knows it too. This is bad PR for HDTV.
3. I made all of the same assumptions as the author when I bought my DTC100. It shows how BS DirecTV is. Especially when the stuff in the Demo Loop didn't ever exist in HD (Dennis Miller, etc.). That is why I cancelled DirecTV a long time ago.
Good:
1. It lets me know how my introduction to HDTV was not unique. Along with members of this forum, I feel vindicated.
2. Accurately depicts what a person can expect if he decides he is ready for HDTV.
Ultimately, I think HDTV is going to keep foundering as long as this is the typical experience. Especially when a buyer gets the TV home and realizes that he is not even close to getting anything in HDTV until a few more considerable investments are made. And even then ones expectations will mnost likely not be met.
Rick