"Andy F Batter" wrote in message ...
And I think they've got a problem there. I consider myself far more
interested than most in achieving excellence in my AV viewing, but DVD is
good enough for me.

Weird. I've hardly bought any DVDs of movies since I upgraded my PC to
be able to play HD video... DVDs in a tiny little window in one corner
of the screen (or scaled up by about a factor of three to full-screen)
look awful in comparison.

I fear that if I'm happy with the quality of the
current standard, then the uptake of the new format by the public at large
is going to be very slow.

Possibly, but if HD DVD players also play current DVDs and have an
option for an SD output from HD disks, that's not such a problem...
you can buy HD DVDs and watch them on a crappy SD TV.

As you say CD offered a huge improvement over vinyl, and similarly DVD is a
huge improvement over VHS.

And HD is a huge improvement over current DVDs.

Mark

"Joe Fernand" wrote in message

PS Andy F Batter - you cant have seen HD as yet :)

In fairness to you, you're right. :-)

I'm running a NEC crt projector with a htpc, scaled mostly at 720p. I'm
perfectly happy with that, and don't want to learn about a new technology
that's going to condemn my currently cherished collection of bits and bats
into obsolescence.

Is HD really that good? I've my eyes closed, and my fingers in my ears. La
La LAH, I can't hear you. ;-)

Andy

"Joe Fernand" wrote in message

PS Andy F Batter - you cant have seen HD as yet :)

In fairness to you, you're right. :-)

I'm running a NEC crt projector with a htpc, scaled mostly at 720p. I'm
perfectly happy with that, and don't want to learn about a new technology
that's going to condemn my currently cherished collection of bits and bats
into obsolescence.

Is HD really that good? I've my eyes closed, and my fingers in my ears. La
La LAH, I can't hear you. ;-)

Andy