Well, I was waiting for someone to explain this situation better than I could. You nailed the history/debt behind what is going on for at least a decade. Everyone wants cheap products, but no one (the public) sees why and where the cheap product is coming from. The Southeast Asia economy is something every slashdotter should keep track of. If major loans are defaulted on, it does affect the World Economy and affects YOU.
Remember, the standard is not HDTV (1024I, 720p, or 480's or even 16:9) but digital. Think direct tv and digital cable but with multicasts. If you are hoping for all tv channels to be the quality of HBO-HD or Discovery-HD, you need to read more about the standards. The magazine Sound & Vision has had some great articles on this subject. This kind of reminds me of my Digital Cable box that has NO audio digital out, but has the Dolby digital symbol on the front of it. Go to Dolby site to wet your appetite on how standards and fine print make a difference.
I am going to wait until the industry can get their heads out of their asses and figure out the interconnection (firewire) between the HDTV/receiver and D-VHS or the soon to be HD-DVDs (blueray standard). The only way you can record High Def programs right now is to have a D-VHS and a HDTV/receiver that allows you to record. Believe me, there are plenty that do NOT let you.
I dig DVD's but the industry is going to rake everyone over when DVDs are released in HD-DVD format.
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Well, I was waiting for someone to explain this situation better than I could. You nailed the history/debt behind what is going on for at least a decade. Everyone wants cheap products, but no one (the public) sees why and where the cheap product is coming from. The Southeast Asia economy is something every slashdotter should keep track of. If major loans are defaulted on, it does affect the World Economy and affects YOU.
Remember, the standard is not HDTV (1024I, 720p, or 480's or even 16:9) but digital. Think direct tv and digital cable but with multicasts. If you are hoping for all tv channels to be the quality of HBO-HD or Discovery-HD, you need to read more about the standards. The magazine Sound & Vision has had some great articles on this subject. This kind of reminds me of my Digital Cable box that has NO audio digital out, but has the Dolby digital symbol on the front of it. Go to Dolby site to wet your appetite on how standards and fine print make a difference. I am going to wait until the industry can get their heads out of their asses and figure out the interconnection (firewire) between the HDTV/receiver and D-VHS or the soon to be HD-DVDs (blueray standard). The only way you can record High Def programs right now is to have a D-VHS and a HDTV/receiver that allows you to record. Believe me, there are plenty that do NOT let you. I dig DVD's but the industry is going to rake everyone over when DVDs are released in HD-DVD format.