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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Truth Teller @ May 12th 2008 11:47AM
Well they better be good.
One of the unspoken parts to the whole issue of high def is that in the USA it's a much bigger deal over upscale cos the USA has cr@ppy 480 visible line standard definition TV.
In Europe we have 576 visible line Pal.
It may help explain why so many people here in Europe are distinctly underwhelmed by high def.
Of course nobody is saying there is no difference, it's just that the differences we can see are often very minor
(particularly on the majority's 32" - 50" HD TV)
and the value of the switch is highly questionable - especially at the premium prices some are determined to try & charge.
Unsurprisingly free-to-air high def is coming......without it high def TV
(averaging around 20% of the total UK TV market and slightly over 10% of continental Europe)
would have an extremely limited potential & future here.
(none of which does much for the future of Blu-ray here either......and yes Europe does matter, we're a single market of 480 - 500 millions - depending on which st at you prefer - compared to a US market of around 300 million :P )