What is the market for 720p TV with integrated Blu-Ray?

What is the market for 720p TV with integrated Blu-Ray?

I've seen some are out there. I suppose it would be nice for the
small TV in the kitchen or next to the computer so that you can play
the disk you got for the big TV. (I wish my computer could play
Blu-Rays). But some of these aren't that small.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

The truth, as voted by consumers who have not flocked to Blu-ray, is that
they do not discern much of a difference between an upscaled DVD and Bluray
at normal viewing distances on screens of all sizes and dpi.
Economies of scale are such that at this point in time 720p is disappearing
as the cost of manufacturing 1080p has come way, way down regardless of
screen type.
Double blinded testing has repeatedly demonstrated that even golden ear
listeners rarely, if ever, can identify a very high fidelity sound track
from a more modest fidelity soundtrack. Even golden eared listeners are more
swayed by volume/loudness than any other characteristic of the audio signal,
other factors being equal.
I do not recall such a study for upscaled DVD vs Blu-ray but I suspect that
on identically adjusted panels at normal viewing distances few if any
viewers would be able to consistently discern which is DVD and which is
Blu-ray.

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:37:06 -0700, "trouble"
wrote:

The truth, as voted by consumers who have not flocked to Blu-ray, is that
they do not discern much of a difference between an upscaled DVD and Bluray
at normal viewing distances on screens of all sizes and dpi.
Economies of scale are such that at this point in time 720p is disappearing
as the cost of manufacturing 1080p has come way, way down regardless of
screen type.
Double blinded testing has repeatedly demonstrated that even golden ear
listeners rarely, if ever, can identify a very high fidelity sound track
from a more modest fidelity soundtrack. Even golden eared listeners are more
swayed by volume/loudness than any other characteristic of the audio signal,
other factors being equal.
I do not recall such a study for upscaled DVD vs Blu-ray but I suspect that
on identically adjusted panels at normal viewing distances few if any
viewers would be able to consistently discern which is DVD and which is
Blu-ray.

Which seems to be sort of the opposite of what I asked about.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

trouble wrote:

The truth, as voted by consumers who have not flocked to Blu-ray, is
that they do not discern much of a difference between an upscaled DVD
and Bluray at normal viewing distances on screens of all sizes and dpi.

Blu-ray's growth in it's first two years is greater than that of DVD, VHS,
or any other device in consumer electronics.

I do not recall such a study for upscaled DVD vs Blu-ray but I suspect
that on identically adjusted panels at normal viewing distances few if
any viewers would be able to consistently discern which is DVD and which
is Blu-ray.

Utter nonsense. I've yet to meet anyone who *couldn't* see a major difference.