miko, the standards for DTV, including HDTV, were in development in the early 1980s. It took them twenty-five years to go from drawing board to where we are now. Before that, it had taken much the same period of time for the previous major change to broadcast standards (color TV) to become common.
Even if the FCC were anxious to begin again with the next phase tomorrow -- which I assure you they are not -- you're crazy if you think there's a chance in hell of seeing a new broadcast standard become reality in TWO decades, let alone one.
No, we're going to be watching 720p/1080i broadcasts for a very long time to come.
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miko, the standards for DTV, including HDTV, were in development in the early 1980s. It took them twenty-five years to go from drawing board to where we are now. Before that, it had taken much the same period of time for the previous major change to broadcast standards (color TV) to become common.
Even if the FCC were anxious to begin again with the next phase tomorrow -- which I assure you they are not -- you're crazy if you think there's a chance in hell of seeing a new broadcast standard become reality in TWO decades, let alone one.
No, we're going to be watching 720p/1080i broadcasts for a very long time to come.