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Like I said before, I think tv's are going to be thought of like cell phones, part of endless upgrade cycle. Already my 2Ghz PPC imac has been tracked off any further upgrades from apple, firefox, and the rest. My 1995 PowerMac 7600 200mhz machine I still use had its last upgrade to software in 2002, my new imac is a 2006.

This new HD will certainly not have a converter for any tube sets, possibly only a converter to HDMI only.

I wonder what the bandwidth of this new format will be? 32mb/sec? or would that have to be over 64mb/sec at the 120hz refresh rate...? I can't get over BBC HD being sent at 25fps..... That will surely blink on a tube tv, and even worse on a good lcd right? At those bit rates won't the broadcast channel BW be 2 to 4X today's new digital tv BW? I bet they will add more levels of mux. to the transmission like cell phones do so one channel can actually handle a few phones.

Or will it be too much to even think about broadcasting?

If the tv's are too expensive for home purchase I wonder if we well see local "movie theaters" like places around town to offer dinner and "ultimate tv" kinda like when movietone news was in the theaters. Anyone for Vampire sitcom's over dinner in town tonight on the 38' screen....? Ha-Ha what a future lay in store....

Ralph still didn't get his 3D tv perfected and were movin' on again....

Advances at this pace may even put a damper on early adopters.... I mean how often can you blow $10K on a new ultimate tv?