Never heard of 1020i, but I own a 1080i, and it is being replaced by the newer 1080p this year. I think you were referring to this, were you not?
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Jaybo, The question is who is "they". Walmart is unlikely to make an arbitrary decision. Either Walmart will receive an offer they can't refuse or the customers will vote with their wallets. If sales are uneven enough Walmart may drop one format. And that will be bad for that format and hasten its final days but it may only be an indicator that the format has already lost, not the actual cause. By offer they can't refuse, I mean some exclusive deal. But who in either camp (HD DVD or Blue Ray)is big enough to make an exclusive deal to the exclusion of the other? I do not understand the distribution model but is there a single distributor of either format that is large enough to create an exclusive deal with the big "W"? That sure wouldn't make the other retailers happy. |
Snooker14, I think that I screwed up...was it 720p, now going to 1080i? And I thought that the maximum HD channel bandwidth allowed for either 720p or 1080i, but NOT 1080p. After some research, I found these interesting websites: 1080i vs. 1080p #1 1080i vs. 1080p #2 |
This is almost reason enough for me to buy an HD-DVD machine and some disks. I absolutely dispise Blockbuster and am enjoying watching them suffer from Netflix. I think this will hurt HD but I also think that there are lots of people like me who don't patronize BB anymore due to the poor service they have received over the years. I hope all those late fees were worth it Blockbuster - you will never get another penny of my money. |
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