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From: sehat@iit (Sehat Sutardja)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.graphics,comp.std.internat,rec.video
Subject: Re: I don't need HDTV!
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Date: 20 Mar 90 03:44:17 GMT
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In article <1990Mar17.022845.9450@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu>, gbrown@tybalt.caltech.edu (Glenn C. Brown) writes:
>   Sure, a few years after graduating from Caltech, I MIGHT be able to
> afford a HDTV set.  But will it be WORTH it?  Will I want to spend
> $5000 on a HDTV set, or would I rather spend $500 plop a box on the top
> of my TV that decodes digital broadcasts, and gives me a noise-free
> picture on my lower Res. monitor?  I'd go for the $500 box!
> 
Your wish might come true next year. For now, I can't say much about this.

>   And what of the MILLIONS of people who won't be able to afford the
> HDTV sets?
> 

This depends on how low the cost of a high resolution monitor would be. 
As far as the digital signal processing requirement goes, only a few milion 
transistors and some DRAM chips would be needed. You can pretty much guess
what the cost of electronics would be when they are used in consumer products.
For now, the major problem is to get a low cost monitor.




 
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