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Article #4457Re: I don't need HDTV!
From: Phil Ngai
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 1990 01:45
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 1990 01:45
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In article <7438@celit.fps.com> billd@fps.com (Bill Davidson) writes:
|The general public won't be convinced that they need HDTV until they
|see it. Once they see it, they will want it. NTSC is far below the
|resolution of the human eye. The difference with increased resolution
Sorry, dude. VHS is far below the resolution of NTSC, yet look at
its popularity. VHS is far below the resolution of Laserdiscs,
yet look at their relative market share.
A public which shuns Laserdiscs can not be expected to go whole
hog on HDTV. Don't assume that everyone is a rich yuppie like yourself.
A public which uses indoor antennas or cable TV just doesn't give
a hoot about video picture quality.
HDTV is doomed as a consumer format.
--
Phil Ngai, phil@amd.com {uunet,decwrl,ucbvax}!amdcad!phil
Boycott the census! With the history of abuse census data has,
can you afford to trust the government?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!pepsi!phil From: phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: I don't need HDTV! Message-ID: <29574@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: 21 Mar 90 01:45:52 GMT References: <8Zx8Ip200ioEMMrHEF@andrew.cmu.edu> <132618@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <MIKEMC.90Mar9132613@mustang.ncr-fc.FtCollins.NCR.com> <2694@sactoh0.UUCP> <1990Mar13.023805.24765@athena.mit.edu> <1990Mar15.090214.9871@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu> <7322@celit.fps.co <7438@celit Sender: news@amdcad.AMD.COM Reply-To: phil@pepsi.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Sunnyvale CA Lines: 22