They dont have any HDTV's in bangladesh? jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 11:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can playPAL HDTV is major improvement for ALL MANKIND?. Wait, what have I been missing? Did anyone tell the folks in Bangladesh? Tom C. >From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can playPAL >Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:10:16 -0400 > >NO, the major problem is most people think its still >too expensive ( when they dont even know the price ) >or havent actually watched anything in HD like >a good movie from beginning to end. HDTV is >a no brainer home entertainment major improvement >for all of mankind, just like silent movies, radio, TV, >color TV, & home video were and are...Not some >government mandated "cash grab" that the masses >have to "suffer" thru. >jco > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Cory Papenfuss >Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 7:19 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: RE: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can playPAL > > > > you never had an HDTV then, if you arent > > seeing your show, films, and events, in HD, > > then the replacement is already overdue no matter > > what year it is. HDTV is not just improved analog > > TV, its an entire order of magnitude better all > > new system and viewing experience. > > jco > > > ... and as long as I don't have "fair-use" to time-shift HD >offerings, (read: MythTV) I shan't be giving them any of my money. >Face > >it... HDTV and DTV in general has been legislated as "mandatory" since >the mid 90's. It hasn't been feasible to force people to switch >because > >everyone has been fighting over royalties and what type of DRM can be >inflicted upon users. As a consequence, it is not nearly as prevalent >as it {c|sh}ould be. > >-Cory > >-- > >*********************************************************************** >* >* >* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA >* >* Electrical Engineering >* >* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University >* >*********************************************************************** * >* > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
