I can't follow the quoting here, so I don't think I'm actually replying to
Darren. But let's not make the mistake in Japan that widescreen TV == HDTV.
Most widescreen TVs are not HDTV. Japan's HDTV service is analog-based, and
it will be swept aside by the move to digital terrestrial broadcasting.
(Which is sad, in one sense, for the technology effort NHK made, but good in
terms of the bandwidth soon to be available).
> CJ wrote >>Next time you're in Japan, let's go out to Bic
> Camera or Akihabara together so you can show me the evidence
> of this "popularity."
>
> I wrote today, i did >> look for the shops that sell tv,
> yamada denki is quite a big brand. they sell quite a few.
> most of my friends here have hdtv and if you looked on the
> web there are stats that show hdtv is more popular in japan
> than anywhere else.
Received on Thu Feb 19 17:04:45 2004