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To: Charles Hughes who wrote (14243)	11/18/1997 5:07:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

I don't know, Chaz. I still think there's some inherent cost problem in building a CRT that drives the Cathode Ray twice as fast, which is what the difference between 60 hz progressive and 60 hz interlaced comes down to. I know that text looks bad on interlaced displays, but I don't think the TV guys want interlaced just out of spite. HDTV is projected to be plenty expensive already, which is one of the concerns on its acceptance. All the production equipment is expensive too. The old chicken and egg problem is another part of the logjam. The Japanese (muse?) system was pure analog. The whole digital thing came in just as FCC was going to sign off on it, but that system is plenty expensive too, it's supposed to be taking off, sort of, in Japan now that costs have come down to $10k/set, or something like that. After 5 years or so. I doubt if that system would have taken off here either. The all-digital system has got many advantages; the DBS satellite systems are based on MPEG video, at standard NTSC resolution. Cheers, Dan.