Thread: VM CEO: We don't need HD channels
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Old 24-04-2008, 18:18   #9
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Re: VM CEO: We don't need HD channels
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Originally Posted by SMHarman View Post
Never the Same Colour is hardly never the same colour in this day and age of televisions powered by ICs not Valves. Good quality SD is not as good here as it is in the UK 480lines vs 525 lines but it is not that far off.
It is a stance that will have to change once ITV/4/5HDs all come on stream but for now he has a point.
After all many companies just sell the same TVs in America that they do in Europe (which is why most modern TVs handle PAL and NTSC).

As for the CEO? While I agree that HD probably isn't the selling point that the industry appears to think it is (a lot of my friends aren't that bothered about quality of reproduction as long as the content is interesting, and I suspect this pattern is repeated nationwide), the CEO does appear to be sticking his head in the sand, and may well find that Virgin is left behind if HD does become a major selling point.
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