[opendtv] Re: 20040921 Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)

At 11:36 PM -0400 9/23/04, Tom Barry wrote:
>Can't agree here.  A 40" diagonal set in a 16:9 ratio is less than 20"
>high.  I think there is a fairly large market for wide screen sets
>bigger than this as the prices come down.  But that means HD, not just
>704x480p.  While all content won't be that way we should at least plan
>for it.  And 1080p microdisplay based TV's will be inexpensive by a few
>years from now.

I'm not sure we are in disagreement. Clearly there is a market for 
big screen TVs. I think it is reasonable to believe that 20-30% of 
U.S. homes will have a screen that is 40 inch or larger in the next 
5-10 years. And those same homes will continue to have 2-3 additional 
sets that will be smaller than 40 inch. It is not uncommon in our 
home for three sets to be on at the same time, as people migrate to 
their private lairs, so they can watch the stuff that is of interest 
to them. Sorry, but I do not see HDTV or big screens pulling the 
family back together again.

I strongly believe that there IS ALREADY a niche market developing 
for HDTV content.  Clearly, many content producers understand this. 
But I also believe that there are MANY markets that do not need HD 
quality, especially when 90% or more of their audience will be 
watching a small screens.

And all of what I said was predicated on something that does not 
exist. REAL EDTV. EDTV was purposely crippled to make sure that it 
would not cannibalize HDTV.  A progressive raster of 1024 x 576 can 
deliver incredible pictures...but the equipment to produce it is 
almost non-existant. BUT.

You can shoot in HD and downconvert to a properly defined EDTV format 
for emission.

By the way, one of the most popular EFP cameras being produced today 
is the Panasonic  AJ-SDX900. It is based on the DVCPro 50 Mbps 4:2:2 
recording format and captures widescreen images at  24P/30P/60i.

Regards
Craig



 
 
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