Why is there such a big fuss in UK about High Definition TV ready TV sets? Are we being duped?
For a large number of households HDTV is only available through Sky and only after paying a monthly subscription and parting with around 300 of GBP for the HDTV box. With the confusion about HDTV DVD standards and high prices of the sets I do not really believe that anybody would buy such a TV set just to watch a DVD film. I hear that freeview HDTV channels will not be available outside of Sky or Telewest cable TV packages for at least a year or two.
Answer:
The fact that you have to buy extra equipment to recieve HD television does not mean you are being duped. It was always fairly obvious that this was going to be the case.
However, where people are being duped is with the "HD Ready" label. In case you don't know, HD comes in 2 formats: 720 and 1080 (The latter being better that the first.) For a TV to be HD ready, all it has to do is support 720 horizontal lines. Thats all well and good, but when broadcasters start giving us the option of 1080 lines, there are going to be a lot of people unable to take advantage of this resolution because their TVs won't support it. People are effectivley being told that their new "HD" TV is future proof when it is not.
I predict a riot. I have seen HD TV and no we are not being duped. It is excellent. The difference between HD and ordinary TV is the same as the difference between vinyl records and CD's.. The difference is very noticable. Yes of course we are being duped! Like always! I like my tele thanks, cost me ￡800 8 years ago, but dont see why I should be forced to change it.....I AM A NAME! NOT A NUMBER! You mean UK is finally getting HDTV? You should welcome it. In a few years almost all TV in the US will be HDTV. You should not be forced to get it, but once you've see a good presentation, and you care about how the picture on your TV looks, it will be clear why you would want it. Yes of course where being duped.Toshiba have already invented a TV that's going to replace HDTV. We are always being duped - the manufacturers know what technology is going to be available years in advance of it's release and artificially inflate the prices to make it look like the latest development - only to quickly supercede it with something 'better' at an even higher cost.
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