2.7m HDTVs by 2010

"John Porcella" wrote in message
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This is far, far more than I would have thought! Why would people
buy an
HDTV when programming is difficult to come by and the TVs are so
expensive?

Many customers will have heard or will be told by the salesman of
Sky's plan to start HDTV in a few months time. In the same way that
the sheds fairly quickly went over to flat panels relegating crt TV's
to a few poorly presented items in the corner, they now appear to be
trying to go over completely to HD-Ready panels. Clearly any product
that claims some future proofing will have a selling advantage that
may be decisive in product choice.

Customers will have heard or will be told by the salesman that Sky
plan to start HDTV broadcasts in a few months time, so although they
may not realise the cost implications of this, they know the writing
is on the wall for non HD-Ready panels. The numbers of projected
sales of HD-Ready TV's is probably simply the number of all sets
expected to be sold, because, apart from portables, there probabaly
won't be any other choice.

Roger

In article ,
"Roger R" writes:
Many customers will have heard or will be told by the salesman of
Sky's plan to start HDTV in a few months time. In the same way that
the sheds fairly quickly went over to flat panels relegating crt TV's
to a few poorly presented items in the corner, they now appear to be
trying to go over completely to HD-Ready panels.

Eh? Last time I bought a TV, all the shops I went to had row upon row of
widescreen CRTs---one of which I bought. That was January.

Clearly any product
that claims some future proofing will have a selling advantage that
may be decisive in product choice.

If the broadcast tech is going to change as quickly as seems to be the
case, future-proofing will be utterly essential. Otherwise there'll
be three or four generations of kit types for every generation of home TV,
and no-one will be able to keep up.

Customers will have heard or will be told by the salesman that Sky
plan to start HDTV broadcasts in a few months time, so although they
may not realise the cost implications of this, they know the writing
is on the wall for non HD-Ready panels.

Except that the majority of us still don't do Sky, and will continue to
not do it.

The numbers of projected
sales of HD-Ready TV's is probably simply the number of all sets
expected to be sold, because, apart from portables, there probabaly
won't be any other choice.

My 13yo son is seriously thinking of spending his recent birthday windfall
on a TV for his room. What on earth do I tell him to get?
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SAm.

"Tricky Dicky" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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270 cm screen, now that's big :-)

Exactly what I thought! LOL

They would be *******s to get in the car wouldn't they :-)

Tricky

Difficult to see out of the windscreen as you are driving...

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Max Demian

"Sam Nelson" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Roger R" writes:
Many customers will have heard or will be told by the salesman of
Sky's plan to start HDTV in a few months time. In the same way that
the sheds fairly quickly went over to flat panels relegating crt TV's
to a few poorly presented items in the corner, they now appear to be
trying to go over completely to HD-Ready panels.

Eh? Last time I bought a TV, all the shops I went to had row upon row of
widescreen CRTs---one of which I bought. That was January.

All the Comets and Currys that I visit have rows and rows of plasmas and
LCDs with a few rear projections and half dozen CRTs. Looks like 9 months
can make one hell of a difference.

Clearly any product
that claims some future proofing will have a selling advantage that
may be decisive in product choice.

If the broadcast tech is going to change as quickly as seems to be the
case, future-proofing will be utterly essential. Otherwise there'll
be three or four generations of kit types for every generation of home TV,
and no-one will be able to keep up.

Customers will have heard or will be told by the salesman that Sky
plan to start HDTV broadcasts in a few months time, so although they
may not realise the cost implications of this, they know the writing
is on the wall for non HD-Ready panels.

Except that the majority of us still don't do Sky, and will continue to
not do it.

You have nothing else but the 5 terrestrial channels and perhaps Freeview?

The numbers of projected
sales of HD-Ready TV's is probably simply the number of all sets
expected to be sold, because, apart from portables, there probabaly
won't be any other choice.

My 13yo son is seriously thinking of spending his recent birthday windfall
on a TV for his room. What on earth do I tell him to get?

If he has a computer in his room as well then I would suggest one of those
LCD monitors that also has a TV tuner. Two birds and one stone

Tricky