I'm sure they do and I'm sure millions of Bangladeshi familes huddle around their HDTV set every evening basking in its blue glow watching reruns of Cheers and Mash.
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: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:58:37 -0400 > >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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

