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In article <2694@sactoh0.UUCP> mfolivo@sactoh0.UUCP (Mark F. Newton) writes:
>   Well, I would suggest that we use the MUSE system. Why wait years
>   and years for a system that hasn't even be finalized, and settle
>   for something that will most probably be inferior. (re: American
>   MTS system. Japan had theirs before ours, and we got stuck with
>   Zenith's system, and they got rich.)
>
>   Billions spent on competing systems, and for what? Pride?
>   Selfishness? Come on, even some of the major Japanese manufacturers
>   (Matsushita, Sony, Toshiba, for example) built their TV sets in
>   American facilities.

IMHO, your analysis is correct: If we develop our own standard (read =>
different than the Japanese), then they will not be able to compete in our
market (not right away, at least).  And just like that, we have a U.S.
"monopoly" (of sorts).  And no need to go begging to Congress for import
restrictions.  Gee, isn't that clever!

>   Sure MUSE is not perfect, but Sony and NHK surely has made the
>   system expandable, it's available *now*. By the way, I believe NHK
>   and Sony is working on an NTSC compatible MUSE system.

And that's exactly the argument that folks will make, but I don't think it
holds up very well.  Sure, if you wait a while and let someone else work the
kinks out of a new system/standard/process, you can always improve on it later.
"Yeah, but then if we just waited a *LITTLE* longer, it could be even better!
And a little longer than that...  Heck, it'd be damn near perfect!"  At which
time the pace-setters have long since left you in the dust, and you are left
with a "perfect" obsolete system.  What a great idea!

As a disclaimer, I don't know much about the HDTV standards or controversy, I
just have a problem with the "but we must do it ourselves so that it will be
perfect..." mentality.

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