Only on over the air broadcast which will go digital. If you have cable or satelite, nothing requires them to discontinue analog service so as long as you have the service your tv will work.


I personally would not buy an old 4:3, it is sort of like going out and buying a VCR.


Saw a story the other day about the number of networks launching companion HD channels on satellite and cable this year. Food network, History, etc. The acceleration of HD content and channels is only going to increase.

 

What i am trying to figure out is the following:

Tuesday at 9PM is CSI (act like it is if it isnt). of the # households watching TV at 9PM, say they get 20%. Since CSI is taped and broadcast in HD (16:9), that means at least 20% of the actual viewed shows for Tues 9PM are available in HD, if the FOX, NBC, and ABC shows are also HD, which they probably are, and those 4 networks have a combined 75% of the actual viewership at that time, then I say that at least 75% of the Tues 9PM viewers are watching something that they could actually get in HD.

so overall, what is that actual percentage of viewed (not available) programming that a person could watch in HD?

or another way, midsize cars. lets say the accord and the camry are HD cars and the rest are SD. there are 10 different midsize cars available to a consumer, so you say that only 20% of all cars are HD cars. but in reality, the camry and accord make up, say, 55% of all midsize sales.
so in reality 55% of all midsize cars are HD.

Does that clear it up?

 

once you go hd you'll hate regular tv anyway.

once the over-the-air signals switch over to ATSC (digital) your regular NTSC tvs will no longer be able to pick up the channels. however, if you buy an ATSC tuner box it'll tune the channels for you and you'll use the the tuner as a set-top box.

atsc boxes right now go for anywhere from $75 to $599 depending on features and chipsets.

you can also pick up an old/used hd directv or satellite tuner box, and use it for just OTA broadcasts. those you can usually pick up for dirt cheap.

 

are you trying to find out just for market research or something?

 

I wish HI Def was more ubiquitous. Regular looks horrible on my TV's and I can't watch it. THey are large TV's so unless it's HD it looks like crap. (58 and 65 inches)

 

That would be mostly because you are watching it on a large display.

 

[QUOTE=s2000raj,Jul 31 2007, 01:16 PM] I wish HI Def was more ubiquitous.

 

It's the sd programming on sd channels. I can't bear to watch them so I'm stuck with the hd selection we have. It's about 13 channels for me with my current package.

I can't wait till direct TV launches their 150 hd channels soon. THat being said, I have to little time to watch tv these days....