On 6/27/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dean Collins</b> <<a href="mailto:Dean@cognation.net">Dean@cognation.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&s=63061&Nid=31775&p=416179" title="http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
<em><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">HDTV Penetration
Will Hit 36% In 2007</span></font></i></em></a></span></font><em><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">by Erik Sass: By
the end of 2007, 16 million high-definition TVs will be sold, bringing the
total to 52.5 million in the U.S.
That's 36% penetration of households, according to new figures from the
Consumer Electronics Association. The irony? Only 44% of HDTV owners actually
receive HD programming. Some blame cost, others use the technology for movie
and gaming experiences. - </span></font></i></em><a href="http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&s=63061&Nid=31775&p=416179" title="http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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Wow that figure blows me away it's so low. Basically if people replace their
tv's every 5 years (eg 20% a year) then their is no 'rapid' deployment of HD
sets, it's just the natural replacement cycle that is growing year on year as
it normally would any other TV 'feature'.<br>
<br></p></div></div></blockquote></div>An HD television is not going to make my DVD library look any better. I still have VHS tapes I pull out once in a while. Why spend a fortune on a big TV that will, in effect, make some of my content look a lot worse?
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