Nanaki XII said:
jlrx said:
Nanaki XII said:
leo-j said:
@game_boy
Very few?
More like 24% of the World has upgraded to HD TV. |
WoW... Now if we can just get all of the 3rd world countries to jump ship we can possibly have 98% by the end of 2008!!! Or we can just convince the Chinese and India governments to make HDTV's required by law in 2008!!! Thats like 37% Percent right there!!! lawl |
In reality the US is not even being forced to upgrade to HDTV - broadcast signals are switching to ASTC (Digital) which will be in an HD format, however since TV's are now being sold in SDTV format with built-in ASTC (Digital) tuners, it is possible to continue to have TV in the standard definition we've had for so long, simply with more channels. The only thing that will push HDTV's outside of the myth that you will need an HDTV to watch TV after Feb 17th, 2009 are retailers and the price. Eventually flat screen HDTV's will be so low on price it will not make sense anymore to even sell SDTV's , however as of now you can pick up a new standard def TV (that's been manufactured on or after March 07 (I believe it's march 07) and continue to use it for a few decades if it lasts that long. |
Why in the hell did you quote me?! There was nothing related in your post to my quote. Ohhh well guess it can't be helped. I was just trying to point out that the number seems a little large and I used sarcasm and extreme over exaggeration to get a point across. Although the post itself is very well explained and put. |
I assumed when you mentioned China and India making HDTV's required by law you were infering the US is requiring HDTV when it switches over to Digial. If not, I apologise, but the post is there for those who wish, heh.
