http://www.ultimateavmag.com/joelbrinkley/805jb/index.html The article starts out... Here's a piece of really bad news for all 10 million of us who own digital television sets that are more than six months old. You won't be able to watch the new high-definition DVDs in high definition unless you buy a new TV. Whose to blame for this? Hollywood, of course. Toshiba, the primary backer of HD DVD, one of the two competing high-definition formats, let it slip during road shows in Europe and the United States last month that the one and only high-definition output from its players will be HDMI, the digital input of choice on most new digital TVs. As recently as a year ago, DVI, not HDMI, was the input of choice, but even TVs with that older and still copy-protected input will not be able to watch HD DVDs in high definition. ... (go to article for more...) ... http://www.ultimateavmag.com/joelbrinkley/805jb/index.html My first questions are... Will HD-DVD (or BlueRay for that matter) ever make it? Will there me the financial incentive to move towards it? Can Mr./Mrs./Ms. "Average American" see the difference? Then I ask... If it DOES succeed, who will compensate me for having bought a set that does not have HDMI? -- ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> Regards, Mark A. Aitken Director, Advanced Technology <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< =================================== Sinclair Broadcast Group 10706 Beaver Dam Road Hunt Valley, MD 21030 Business TEL: (410) 568-1535 Business MOBILE: (443) 677-4425 Business FAX: (410) 568-1580 E-mail: maitken@xxxxxxxxxx Text PAGE: page.maitken@xxxxxxxxxx HTML PAGE: 4436774425@xxxxxxxxxx www.newscentral.tv www.sbgi.net =================================== I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. ~ James Madison, Virginia Convention, 1788 ~ =================================== CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and any files transmitted with it contain confidential information intended only for the person(s) to whom this email message is addressed. If you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or email and destroy the original message without making a copy. Thank you. *********************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.