10-20-2007, 02:41 PM
I've got several LCD HDTVs, but no HD other than OTA. Sounds odd, I know. But I'm not ready to give up my DirecTivo yet, especially since I have a lifetime sub on it. Plus the video portion of m whole house A/V is consists of homeruns of one RG6 Quad to each main room in the house so it's going to take a lot of heavy lifting (and money) to get the house HD plus replace my projector w/ a HD version which it going to cost me about $5K right there.
I like the 16:9 format, but I'm still wondering why the gov't insisted we go HD. What is so national securty about us having TVs with super resolution? Clearly they didn't need the frequencies b/c they are selling them back to the free market. This change over cost everyone a ton of money (double if you consider we have to subsidize digital tuners to those who don't buy digital sets) and added to consumer confustion that already exists in the electronic world.
I like the 16:9 format, but I'm still wondering why the gov't insisted we go HD. What is so national securty about us having TVs with super resolution? Clearly they didn't need the frequencies b/c they are selling them back to the free market. This change over cost everyone a ton of money (double if you consider we have to subsidize digital tuners to those who don't buy digital sets) and added to consumer confustion that already exists in the electronic world.