| Soriku said: HD will be mainstream in like...a lot of years. A LOT. |
HD will be mainstream in the US by the end of '08.
We just recently hit the 30% adoption mark here in the States, and by the time we hit January of '09, over 50% of US homes will have HDTVs. HDTVs keep getting cheaper and cheaper, and retailers are pushing HD heavily this year, much moreso than any previous year, in the form of TVs and players.
Go into Best Buy, and you'll see stacks of unopened HDTV boxes at the front of the store, including the popular low-end Sony Bravia LCDs and Panasonic plasmas. Go to the actually TV section and you'll see more than 50 various models of HDTVs lining the walls, with Blu-Ray displays from Sony, Samsung, and Panasonic and an HD DVD display from Toshiba spread throughout the entire section. Things have never been like this before. Last year, the only HD media display was the Sony Blu-Ray display at the front of the tv section, and there were still more SDTVs than HDTVs on display. Also, last year, retailers didn't stock up on dozens of HDTVs in the hopes of selling them to consumers. Those big stacks of Bravias at the front of the stores? Non-existent last year.
And in Japan, HD adoption is even higher.
In the EU, however, I agree, HD won't be mainstream for at least 5-6 years. It's hard to find them in stores, let alone in people's houses.
