by
Peter Ha
on
December 4, 2007
As I’ve said before, the so-called format war won’t be coming to an end anytime this year or next. It’s not really even a war amongst the two formats. Each camp must convince the consumers to upgrade their old tubes to HD before the war can even begin.
So what we have here is the Chinese finger trap. Now, we all know the only way to get out of said trap is to come together or cut the sucker off. Look what Sony is trying to do. I don’t blame them. I’m also under the impression that neither side can win this outright nor do I think coming together will do anything, but cause a few ripples in the space time continuum. It’s still a funny comic.
Binary Heroes: Format War Woes [Daily Tech]
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Yeah, my wife and I were looking at HDTV’s this past weekend, and were really considering coming into the new age. But honestly without content, what’s the point? Content is available, but for us in rural america, there isn’t anything readily available. I could upgrade my DishNetowrk to HD, but I have a DVR now, and I would have to upgrade to the HD DVR. I also have 4 TV’s in the house on Dish. I would have to make a choice on which would be HD.
I just don’t think it is the right time for me. I have an XBox 360, but that is the only HD I have in the house at the moment.
@outlaw
In your case I would probably opt for a CRT HDTV. They’re a hell of a lot less expensive than LCDs and Plasmas, and they don’t look like crap when you put SD content on them. This is due to CRTs not having fixed pixels (read up on it if you’re curious). You can get a 30 inch widescreen for around 500, which isn’t that big, but will serve as a nice transition into HD.
Does anyone else think microsoft is dragging it’s feet with HD DVD??? I think they want a stalemate so they can take over digital downloads and convince everyone HD content is better consumed through the 360 and zune.
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