Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
THE OFTEN DELAYED HI-DEF LAW IS SET TO GO INTO PLACE IN 2009. THIS IS THE LAW THAT IS SUPPOSED TO GET RID OF ANALOGUE BROADCAST. IT WILL BE INTERESTING IF WE ACTUALLY SEE THIS LAW GO INTO AFFECT OR IF IT WILL BE DELAYED YET AGAIN. IT WILL BE INTERESTING IF THE LAW DOES GO INTO AFFECT AND PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO CONVERT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL GO AHEAD AND UPGRADE THEIR MOVIE WATCHING EXPERIENCE AT THE SAME TIME.
THE OFTEN DELAYED HI-DEF LAW IS SET TO GO INTO PLACE IN 2009. THIS IS THE LAW THAT IS SUPPOSED TO GET RID OF ANALOGUE BROADCAST. IT WILL BE INTERESTING IF WE ACTUALLY SEE THIS LAW GO INTO AFFECT OR IF IT WILL BE DELAYED YET AGAIN. IT WILL BE INTERESTING IF THE LAW DOES GO INTO AFFECT AND PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO CONVERT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL GO AHEAD AND UPGRADE THEIR MOVIE WATCHING EXPERIENCE AT THE SAME TIME.
Well with all the commercials I've been seeing on TV about the deadline and even the local news talking about it, I'd guess that if they do delay it again, it'll only be 6 months or something like that. My grandparents are like many people out there who still have the same 32" TV in their living room they bought back in 1992. My grandfather keeps asking me why the government is forcing him to buy a new TV. He knows there's way better stuff out there these days, but he's likely to hold out just because the government is involved in the digital broadcast transition.
Despite people out there like him, I'm sure that the deadline will encourage a lot of people to buy new HDTV's and, eventually, new Blu-ray players once they get around that $100 price point.