As a full-blown television addict, I try to keep up with the best technology available for picture and sound. I currently have a setup in my den with an older RCA 52" HDTV. The specs say the picture resolution is 1280x1080I with connectors listed as 3-S-Video/Composite,Y-Pr-Pb (RCA jacks) Synchroscan, Hi-Res Input is 15 Pin D-sub (the TV came with a cable that is RCAs on one end and HDMI on the other). With all of this info at hand, it's useless. Comcast is the only cable provider where I live and 0 stations broadcasting HD UHF signals. So, I have to have a cable box anyhow and use the HDMI on it. I'm converting another room into my home theatre, but just as I started planning, this BlueRay vs HD-DVD hits the fan. This brings back bad memories of VHS vs Beta. Yes, I bought a Betamax, but a VHS too. The prices were low enough to do this. I cannot see buying any kind of DVD player/recorder until these greedy mfgs get their act together. I got a tip from a friend in the business (advertising) to wait until after Feb 4th to look at a new plasma TV, the major mfgs have already started a campaign to sell true HDTVs at about half the price. Right now the HD-DVD vs BlueRay is ridiculous. I'm not going to jump into designing and purchasing everything for a new home theatre that will be obsolete within a year. I also have over 200 DVDs, I just boxed up over 300 VHS tapes, made a replacement list, but put that on hold when I saw two of my replacement movies advertised on HD-DVD and/or BlueRay. Maybe it would be a good idea to wait for the "goggle-home-theatre" and watch my movies on the net. I just can't get over the flashbacks from VHS vs. Beta! Same story, different time. Same scheme, different players. Be patient, we the public hold the keys to these manufacturers stop trying to force us to buy things we don't need or are such little improvement that the newer version is already in the works. I agree with the posts concerning downloading movies, remember they said the same thing about music files, look what a giant leap the iPod was once they got the kinks out. Wait until something new (not HD-DVD or BlueRay, I promise there will be soon) hits the market, then see who wins the HD vs BR!
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As a full-blown television addict, I try to keep up with the best technology available for picture and sound. I currently have a setup in my den with an older RCA 52" HDTV. The specs say the picture resolution is 1280x1080I with connectors listed as 3-S-Video/Composite,Y-Pr-Pb (RCA jacks) Synchroscan, Hi-Res Input is 15 Pin D-sub (the TV came with a cable that is RCAs on one end and HDMI on the other). With all of this info at hand, it's useless. Comcast is the only cable provider where I live and 0 stations broadcasting HD UHF signals. So, I have to have a cable box anyhow and use the HDMI on it. I'm converting another room into my home theatre, but just as I started planning, this BlueRay vs HD-DVD hits the fan. This brings back bad memories of VHS vs Beta. Yes, I bought a Betamax, but a VHS too. The prices were low enough to do this. I cannot see buying any kind of DVD player/recorder until these greedy mfgs get their act together. I got a tip from a friend in the business (advertising) to wait until after Feb 4th to look at a new plasma TV, the major mfgs have already started a campaign to sell true HDTVs at about half the price. Right now the HD-DVD vs BlueRay is ridiculous. I'm not going to jump into designing and purchasing everything for a new home theatre that will be obsolete within a year. I also have over 200 DVDs, I just boxed up over 300 VHS tapes, made a replacement list, but put that on hold when I saw two of my replacement movies advertised on HD-DVD and/or BlueRay. Maybe it would be a good idea to wait for the "goggle-home-theatre" and watch my movies on the net. I just can't get over the flashbacks from VHS vs. Beta! Same story, different time. Same scheme, different players. Be patient, we the public hold the keys to these manufacturers stop trying to force us to buy things we don't need or are such little improvement that the newer version is already in the works. I agree with the posts concerning downloading movies, remember they said the same thing about music files, look what a giant leap the iPod was once they got the kinks out. Wait until something new (not HD-DVD or BlueRay, I promise there will be soon) hits the market, then see who wins the HD vs BR!