HD not as important as time/place shifting

My opinion only but:

HD is not as important a feature to me as time and
place shifting are.

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My opinion only but:

HD is not as important a feature to me as time and
place shifting are.

Are they mutually exclusive?

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My opinion only but:

HD is not as important a feature to me as time and
place shifting are.



My opinion only but:

Nothing is as important to me as time and place shifting HD programming.
Mostly time shifting HD and of course getting rid of the commercials.

:-)

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My opinion only but:

HD is not as important a feature to me as time and
place shifting are.

Since you are making the statement and it applies to you alone, what
sort or response do you expect?

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My opinion only but:

HD is not as important a feature to me as time and
place shifting are.

I share your opinion 100%, but tread it carefully in here.

You'll see it. Recommendations to whatever holds the most hype, just
because it exists. Practicality holds little virtue.

At least it stops short of telling people to run down to their local Worst
Buy and pick up $100 HDMI Mobster Cables.

My beef? I want all components (HDTV's, HD/BlueRay/DVD-RW, STB's, etc) to
simply support component in and out connections. I want to be in control.
I want to be able to time shift; record what I want - when I want. The
powers-that-be think differently though. They want digital control
(HDMI/DVI) all the way to your TV. Its an easy sell, just get the mantra
"Digital is better!" flowing. They aren't concerned about you seeing the
blades of grass clearly during the Superbowl. They want control. We are a
minority in a sea chanting the mantra, full of fish all too eager to be
taken to the slaughter.

Eliminate the weak part of link (analog) and you can now do all sorts of
dirty tricks to consumer. One day, you will come home to watch that program
that you set your DVR to record -- only to find that it didn't record, but
five hours of commercials did. Directed commercials. Pushed commercials,
based on your viewing habits and information shared from your credit card
company of what you purchased. It'll be as common as popups on the web
today. That new movie that you just bought on disc, it'll have only a
'license' to only allow you view it several times. Want to watch it again,
you have to pay. And, this will be accepted.

....and these are just the "nice things".

Its going to happen. If money can be made, it WILL happen. Your
convienence, --and privacy--, don't mean a damn thing.

Yes, I'm extremely cynical, but mark my words on this...

Umm... OK... thanks for sharing.

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My opinion only but:

HD is not as important a feature to me as time and
place shifting are.

Sam Spade wrote:

HD is not as important a feature to me as time and
place shifting are.

Are they mutually exclusive?

Yes they are

as long as I can time and place shift the
programming.... and skip the commercials...and as long
as the def is good enough to "see".....that's all I
really care abt

SD digital would probably suit me just fine.

Tom Stiller wrote:

Since you are making the statement and it applies to you alone, what
sort or response do you expect?

Just others to play devils advocate

seriously I'm not being smart ass or anything... just
open for discussion

Just someone to convince me what the hoopla is abt HD.

I know it looks good.... but in my mind time/place
shifting are more important than def

Time/place shifting give me ... personally speaking....
more "utility"

"Eric" wrote:

I share your opinion 100%, but tread it carefully in here.

OK I will

Id really like it lf we could discuss the "issue" and
not al get into a name calling rant like most of the
posts here.

Seriously guys its only TV

"Eric" wrote:

They aren't concerned about you seeing the
blades of grass clearly during the Superbowl. They want control.

Hmm...are you saying that a totally digital signal
gives them some kind of control they don't have now?

Serious question...trying to learn here