Re: Am I the only person who isn't crazy over WIDE SCREEN?

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 14:09:39 -0500, "CLFE" <Junkmail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>I'll go a step further - HDTV.. I seen a "demo" once - given by a local TV
>station. Now this place I speak of volunteering at - has one capable of
>HDTV. Personally, when switching between the modes, "I" see NO difference.
>Maybe I'm missing something, I don't know..... but if no one told me it was
>in the HDTV mode, I'd never know it. So, to me at least, I think the hype is
>too much.

To justify the bandwidth the networks argued for high definition TV
before Crongrss. When they had the bandwidth allocated for HDTV, they
said "hey, wait a minute here - we can make lots more money subletting
the spectrum for other uses, leave some open for, pay-per-view or
pay-TV encryption, broadcasting more, but lower definition channels,
etc.."

It isn't necessarily HDTV, just digital TV

So are we going to watch TV reruns with vertical black bars on a wide
screen?

Personally, I think we are being screwed again by the industry with
the help of the govt.
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