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ericbee
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I am reposting this as per Carls request, as it was deleted from the server for some reason.
Ron: I know your position on 1.3, that it isnt such a big deal and that the problems outweight the benefits and MAC's position on waiting for technology to develop and so on.
The biggest piece to most peoples HT puzzle is the processor. It is the control box and brains to the whole shabang. It is usually more expensive then the amp(s), more expensive then the DVD player, more expensive than the plasma or PJ.
So, I hope you can understand that when people are looking to plunk down 8,9 or even 10k for a processor TODAY, that it is expected to be the one piece they dont need to change for a long, long time.
A 3k plasma can be moved to another room or sold for $1500 but, a $10,000 processor without HDMI right now (like a 119) sells used for $3000 and that is a HUGE amount to lose on the hit. A processor with HDMI and not the newest 1.3 HDMI is in a similar position with no imminent buyers either on the new or used market but, price anything cheap enough and someone will buy it.
Can you understand and accept that people dont want to spend that kind of money on "old" technology? Regardless of your personal position and your companies position, have you not heard enough voices on these boards from die hard Mac buyers/owners to accept that your opinion is one of the minority?
So, while we are aware that we will need new cables, a new TV and a new player, ALL of those components combined cannot and will not cost anywhere near the price of a new processor.
That is why we want to buy the brains now and start building the system of tomorrow right now. Why we want to buy the brains first, because all of the other equipment is petty and "disposable" for the next greatest cable or the next best plasma or even the next great miracle sub 4k PJ with X brightness and Y contrast. Those technologies are fast moving and relatively inexpensive, but the processor is not.
I've said it 100 times, it just doesnt make sense to introduce a processor with HDMI 1.2 today as your first entry into HDMI when 1.3 is not only announced and promoted but, known to be the connection of the present and near future and already shipping on the next gen games and dvd players right now.
We all know that the receivers and PJ's and Plasmas and even cable boxes and standard DVD players will soon have 1.3, that is no secret or surprise to anyone.
Ron: I know your position on 1.3, that it isnt such a big deal and that the problems outweight the benefits and MAC's position on waiting for technology to develop and so on.
The biggest piece to most peoples HT puzzle is the processor. It is the control box and brains to the whole shabang. It is usually more expensive then the amp(s), more expensive then the DVD player, more expensive than the plasma or PJ.
So, I hope you can understand that when people are looking to plunk down 8,9 or even 10k for a processor TODAY, that it is expected to be the one piece they dont need to change for a long, long time.
A 3k plasma can be moved to another room or sold for $1500 but, a $10,000 processor without HDMI right now (like a 119) sells used for $3000 and that is a HUGE amount to lose on the hit. A processor with HDMI and not the newest 1.3 HDMI is in a similar position with no imminent buyers either on the new or used market but, price anything cheap enough and someone will buy it.
Can you understand and accept that people dont want to spend that kind of money on "old" technology? Regardless of your personal position and your companies position, have you not heard enough voices on these boards from die hard Mac buyers/owners to accept that your opinion is one of the minority?
So, while we are aware that we will need new cables, a new TV and a new player, ALL of those components combined cannot and will not cost anywhere near the price of a new processor.
That is why we want to buy the brains now and start building the system of tomorrow right now. Why we want to buy the brains first, because all of the other equipment is petty and "disposable" for the next greatest cable or the next best plasma or even the next great miracle sub 4k PJ with X brightness and Y contrast. Those technologies are fast moving and relatively inexpensive, but the processor is not.
I've said it 100 times, it just doesnt make sense to introduce a processor with HDMI 1.2 today as your first entry into HDMI when 1.3 is not only announced and promoted but, known to be the connection of the present and near future and already shipping on the next gen games and dvd players right now.
We all know that the receivers and PJ's and Plasmas and even cable boxes and standard DVD players will soon have 1.3, that is no secret or surprise to anyone.
