I think DTV purchases would go up if there was something to actually watch on it.
I have an HD tuner from my cable company, because that is the same box that does DVR, but there are only 6 HD channels, and only one local channel in HD. Half the programming still isn't in HD, so there isn't a real need to upgrade yet. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 4:31 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: q: Anyone else excited by Apple's announcements? > > I think the crowd reaction is understandable. Analog TV is still > outselling DTV 4 to 5, and that's _all_ DTV not just HD. Barely more > than 1% of households have OTA DTV tuners. And that's for the consumer > end. Apple's products are production side which is an even smaller > market. > > I think Apple had to support HD because the industry expects it. Even > if nobody is using it. Better to offer support that basically is just > enabling higher resolutions than to give detractors something to > attack them on. > > -Kevin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142259 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
