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Originally Posted by bamav
HD should be free to everyone - not included, or extra - just free. Jeez it's been around long enough now. I think the technology upgrades to create, broadcast and feed HD will have long been paid for. Sky are dictating this "HD costs extra" scenario and are thus ripping the @rse out of it to make money from literally nothing.
I still joke about Nicam stereo being free when it launched, but the reality was similar to HD.
If FTA channels can provide HD free - then why not the rest? And why are carriers such as Sky and VM getting away with charging to access them??
Down with this sort of thing...!  |
Currently HD does cost more. It's not just the equipment, it's programme editing time; video processing in HD takes longer than it does in SD and time is money. And although they have bought new equipment, I'm sure they are still adding to the amount they need.
Having said that, whether they should absorb that cost as natural technological advances like other innovations that can't be as easily labelled, and they are taking advantage of the fact that it can be labelled and inappropriately charging for it, is another matter entirely.