hornydragon said:
(they went digital because of encryption and bandwidth limitations on analogue.....not to offer anything extra to the subscriner...but thats a different thread...
Yes, and the fact that content providers will tie their hands over encryption. Although there is nothing wrong with having digital connections ;-)
But why they did it isn't the question here - they have announced their intentions, and if we want to use it, then we have to have hardware that complies with that.
hornydragon said:
THE fact is a PWD6/7 and scaler =PHD7...
Well, yes, they are about equal in price. Or is it an opinion that you are trying to pass off as fact?
hornydragon said:
a SCALER makes abig improvement FULL stop
It sure does. As I said, there are good reasons why someone might choose to buy one *now* for those benefits. Spending large amounts of money *just* to do a frame rate conversion to make the latest technology compatible with your screen is ridiculous though - and that is what you were advocating (well, pointing out was possible).
hornydragon said:
new formats are all speculation and early adopters will pay a premium... they always do £600 HD DVD player.... I'll wait till i see it and the software prices....
"While Toshiba and NEC wouldn't comment Monday on the likely price of their first products, Hisashi Yamada, chief fellow of technology at Toshiba and also a chairman at the DVD Forum, said at an event in Los Angeles earlier this year that he expects the first players to cost around ¥100,000 (US$910), according to the company. Panasonic's Blu-ray Disc recorder due on sale this week will cost around ¥300,000."
Software prices will depend on how greedy the studios choose to be. There is no fundamental reason why they should be expensive:
"A pilot line at the company's factory in Tsukuba, north of Tokyo, can be switched between DVD and HD-DVD in five minutes and production of a dual-layer 30GB HD-DVD disc takes 3.5 seconds, compared to 3 seconds for a DVD, Ootsuka said. Yields are also above 90 percent."
hornydragon said:
BUT the fact is you can make it all work *if* you want to and in 2 years the £1000 (lumagen is actually £800) scalers will be £500 or less just look at the price of Iscan ultras..... I am not about to start advising people what to do based on speculation of the future (you must have an amazing crystal ball, any tips for the gee gees)
OK, there is a bit of speculation in the content of Sky's HDTV service - but for the US shows and movies, the content *does* exist - it's just a case of whether it will form part of the service.
As for launch dates of Sky's service, arrival of HD-DVD (in the US), projected prices for HD-DVD, project launch dates and prices of new screen technologies - this all comes from statements made by the companies involved, and recognised industry commentators. And your statements of scaler prices, LCD prices, launch dates for new technologies services - where do they come from?
hornydragon said:
if you want to be future proofed (an impossibilty) PAY through the nose for it.. OR buy a great product now and sort out the future when it arrives... Tomorrow you be run over by a bus and you cant spend it when your gone
But I am about as future proofed as you practically can be, I did not pay through the nose for it, and I do have great product now. You may have a different opinion about that last part, but we are *both* entitled to have our own, different, opinions.