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To: frankw1900 who wrote (4481)	6/3/2002 8:51:45 AM
From: riposte	Respond to of 24758

HDTV/Digital TV Actually, a fascinating thing to watch is how the broadcasters flip back and forth between "HDTV", when they're trying to wow the public or government, and "DTV" (Digital TV), which allows them takes the same slice of spectrum, and slice it into (I believe) six digital channels of a quality only slightly better than we currently have. DTV is what they're really after, since they have more channels. The FCC has taken a hands-off approach on this matter. Regards, Steve

To: frankw1900 who wrote (4481)	6/3/2002 10:55:36 AM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24758

However is the price of the wide screen TV right -$3500? Projection TVs have the greatest potential to fall in price because their manufacturing costs will fall faster. But even using clever lens and mirror arrangements projection displays are bulky. CRT TVs were bulky but hey got thinner. Trajectories of electrons are harder to manage than trajectories of photons. There's no reason why a projection TV can't shrink to a depth of 5". Who is going to produce the skinny, cheap, high quality flat panel display that can be wide screen and hang on the wall? No one anytime soon at least at a cost anyone can afford. More important than the ability to hang is the weight of the TV. Projection TV has the greatest potential to fall in weight. That has a picture as good as or better than the best CRT displays (which, although they are the standard, really aren't very good)? I was looking at TVs and found that projection hdtv is just as good as SONY's CRT hdtv, and with standard TV, the same was true. The one that will grab world consumers and motivate them to dump their present monitors and TVs and get the new? Probably none of them. People complain a lot about how bad projection TVS are, but they buy them. My original question was how these kinds of displays compared. iFire doesn't look like it will be here for years. None of this low tech seems like it has investment potential.