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To: Road Walker who wrote (67293)	10/23/1998 10:47:00 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

john, I am not a HDTV expert, so others pipe in. There are two to there encoding standards. And each network for example has picked a different one. The next generation HDTV's will have to support all the different decoding schemes as well as conventional TV broadcasts seamlessly. The end result is transparent to the user and allegely the pictures look great. Initial broadcasts start later this year. I don't remember the HDTV pixel ratios but is something like 2.5K x 1.5K. So it's a lot of data to decode and translate. Obviously the TV guys envision folks purchasing brand new HDTV's and a huge business over the next few years. An alternative could be to use a Computer to do the decoding (thru S/W or an addon card) and then format the HDTV to the resolution of your monitor. Analogy would be 1024x768 or 1280x1024 or..... well you get the picture. Some of the new monitors coming out there have pretty awesome resolutions. So an alternative to a full $10K HDTV could be a high performace Computer and a nice 21-25 monitor. Depending upon how much you wanted to spend upon the monitor you could have a neat machine with HDTV, DVD, Internet video on demand etc for the $3-5K range. The other neat thing would be that as you upgrade - you can upgrade your monitor or PC components independently. As an example DVD players in the home undersell DVD drives installed on the PC and this trend is accelerating. So I think the PC guys will win because they will have a lower cost more versatile solution. There will also be many folks who want the ultimate 70" HDTV for $10K plus, but I think the volume will be PC driven due to lower up front costs. Regards, Kash