SDTV? Where'd they go?!

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Kwaad said:

ismael said:
here is the same, people don't know anything about blue-ray, hddvd, or hdtvs, neither people who own the ps3 know what are the improvements of blue ray, though sony is always advertising it on tv, i think that the next gen. will be the real hd gen.

 Actually, the PS3 is 100% HD friendly, and will remain that way for the next ~9 years.

The 360 is 70% HD friendly and will remain the next ~5 years.

The Wii is 0% HDTV friendly, as it looks best on a SDTV set. It is expected to last 2-3 more years.

 

As we see, in about 5 years, almost everything will be 100% HD friendly. The Wii2 likely wont, but wait another 2 years beyond that and the Wii3 will be. (this is sad. I just thought, that if the Wii is replaced every 3 years. There Will be a Wii4 before the PS4.

Basically in 5 years HD will be the standard. In 3 years it will be the standard in the United States. (as analog broadcasts will be shut off) 

Digital Broadcasts does not equal HD broadcasts.  When you pick up a digital signal over the air, your tuner will tell you what resolution its running at.  Locally, we have 5 major broadcasters: CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, and FOX.  Each station has 3 digital sub channels.  2 of these subchannes run in 480p or 480i.  The other is reportedly in an HD format (720p or 1080i).  However, even though the broadcast is in HD, the content is almost always an SD signal upscaled to the HD resolution.  The only exception to this rule (locally), is PBS, as their HD channel is actually running in HD (and it looks beautiful).

In closing, just because all signals will be digital by 2009 doesn't mean all signals will also be HD by then as well.