Don't sweat this stuff. For comparison, the first Hi-Vision (HDTV) came around in Japan in 1988 or so. So if this goes similar your current HDTV is close to being obsolete, if by close you mean about 16 years away.
It's a lot farther than that. For it to have any chance of taking hold at the consumer level in any country, we'll have to go through another TV broadcast standard transition, and I'm certain that's at least 20 years away minimum. Probably more like 30-50 years here in the U.S.
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Don't sweat this stuff. For comparison, the first Hi-Vision (HDTV) came around in Japan in 1988 or so. So if this goes similar your current HDTV is close to being obsolete, if by close you mean about 16 years away.
It's a lot farther than that. For it to have any chance of taking hold at the consumer level in any country, we'll have to go through another TV broadcast standard transition, and I'm certain that's at least 20 years away minimum. Probably more like 30-50 years here in the U.S.