The State of HDTV Broadcasts in Europe

[Filip Norrgard]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4065565.stm' target='_blank'>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4065565.stm</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Television started off as a magical blurry image. Then came the sharpness, the colour and the widescreen format. Now the TV set is taking another leap forward into a crystal clear future, although those in Europe will have to be patient."</i><br /><br />Seems like we on the Old Continent will have to wait until 2010 for HDTV broadcasts to become standard! 8O It means that we are way, way behind Japan and Northern America on that front. However, we will luckily start to see HDTV broadcasts "already" next year from the World Cup in Germany.

[jizmo]

Then I'm pretty happy I ended up with buying a HDTV compliant projector for €1200 instead of spending it on a HDTV television set, which would've been obsolete for years. Still, it's a major bummer although we all saw this one coming.

By the look of it, only HDTV content we're going to see are imported next-gen DVDs and the next-gen console games .. which is basically how I use my projector at the moment anyway.

/jizmo