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From: sorka@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Alan Waterman)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: HDTV for what?
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Date: 17 Mar 90 03:21:14 GMT
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In article <416@walt.testeng.amdahl.com> dhi00@walt.UUCP (Dario Impini O6-310 x8074) writes:
>maybe i'm white trash, but i cant imagine paying anything extra just to see
>Al Bundy insult Peg in high resolution.  Am i the only one who feels this way?
>My 1957 Admiral black and white tv does more than enough.

Oh yea, well can you imagine not watching Star Trek, return of the Jedi, or 
any number of other high action films or shows that require high resolution?

Just because Married with Children happends to be your favorite show does
not mean we should not have a 2 mega pixal standard. The typical resolution
of 35mm is about 10000X8000 with about 7 bits per primary. I can see the
improvement that 70mm brings and I don't even have 20/20 vision. 

I would like to see the day where I can own a wall sized flat LCD television
with 10000X10000 resolution. The Japanes already have picture frame LCD
sets that have 1100 lines of horizontal resolution. Its a damn shame we
have to live with such an old outdated standard.