The first way to do it is by hiring HD channels, available only on specific satellite television providers, like HD discovery channel or things of that sort. This is pretty nice to watch with a good HDTV but the bad thing is you need to pay your providers extra for the channels, and even if you did, there are very little channels available on HD.
Another way to put use to your HDTV is to download HD content from the web both legally or illegally. This is not a good idea if you don't have a very fast internet connection or a 'shitload' of time to download movies or TV-Shows ranging from 15 to 30 gigs.
And Last but not least is gaming. Alot of next generation games look great on an HDTV but gaming isn't the only thing you can do on a console. Both Sony's Playstation 3 and Microsoft's xbox 360 have High Definition disc compatibility. The xbox 360 supports HD-DVD but to use it you need to buy a 200 dollar add-on for the console. This makes it a very stupid decision if your just looking for an HD-DVD player, as you can buy for around 200$ without the 360. The Playstation 3 comes with Blu-ray included in it when you buy it. This makes buying a PS3, which ranges from 400-600$, the most affordable blu-ray player on the market. Although the PS3 definately has an advantage over the 360 in terms off disc compatibility, The xbox 360 has the capability to download HD movies and TV-shows straight to your TV, which might be seen as an incentive to own a 360 over a PS3. Now, there is an ongoing, pointless 'war' between both High Definition formats with massive publishers like Paramount pictures or Warner bros jumping from exclusivity to blu-ray to exclusivity to HD-DVD. But no-one really cares who will win the 'war' as long as someone does, and we know in anticipation who that will be. right now it's looking good for blu-ray but neither of the two formats has a library of even a hundredth of all registered DVDs in the market. And even if they did, that would never persuade people to buy movies they already own in a better format.
So, In conclusion, the money it takes to buy an HDTV, an HD compatible player (Blu-ray or HD-DVD) and 30$ movies is not really worth it. For now. But as the VCR dominated the Video tape recorder, and the DVD dominated the VCR, in the future one of these formats will dominate the DVD. And when that time comes all the HDTV owners will say I told you so.
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Tom,
I think you're wrong here! It's true that we still don't have a lot of HD content, but we'll surely have in a short time. So, for me at least, it's worth to have an HDTV.
What I'd say, nevertheless, is WAIT. Right now Real HDTV -HDReady is shit, but not HDTV- is ultra expensive. But it's going to get at a better price soon.
On the other hand, I hate the fact that DRM is spread all over HD, but, since we have that much options, we must accept it.
Regarding the content, well, you can download an 8 GB HD Movie -i.e. Swordfish- and you can do it without the need for a Tokyo -100 Mbps- connection. I have Jazztel @ home -thank your dad for me- and with it's 20 -10 real- Mbps I did it in a short time.
So, yes, HD is worth, but, perhaps, people must wait a little...
This has nothing to do with your HD post. (Which is pretty well written.)
I've read your dad's blog for years. From your dad's blogging I know you have an older sister, a baby, a 9? year old brother, yourself and who is the 5th child and what is their age?
My name's Matt, turned twenty four years old recently.
If you don't know the answer, or haven't thought about it before, you can skip the question. You can answer the questions in your blog or email me at mattt080@gmail.com.
1. Are you an entrepreneur (like your dad) or a manager (like someone who oversees 10 franchise restaurants)?
2. Are you trained in computer programming? How many years?
Are you trained in engineering (can you create a server farm, similar to Larry Page, founder of Google)? How many years?
Are you trained in mathematics (forget and do not count high school level math, just focus on and count university level)? How many years?
3. What is your first choice when forming a company, sole proprietorship or partnership?
If you and I were partners, and we created a company together, what would you say to the ownership of shares below?
50% Matt (me)
25% Thomas Varsavsky
25% others (fund managers, house wives, day traders, students, etc)
If you and I were partners, and we created a company together, what would you say to the ownership of shares below?
37.5% Matt
37.5% Thomas Varsavsky
25% others (fund managers, house wives, day traders, students, etc)
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