What took HDTV so long to arrive? (1 Viewer)

[Raider Nation]

I got my first HDTV in '99, if I recall correctly. Walked into an electronics store and saw a college football game shot in HD, playing on a loop on a Mitsubishi Diamond 65" HDTV. I was blown away and bought it the next day. I'm actually embarrassed to say what I paid for the damn thing. It was as much as a nice used car costs now.

Anyway, why didn't HDTV arrive sooner? Why ~1998? Why not 1990? Why not 1980?

Was HDTV something that was discovered? Or did we simply not know how to manufacture the parts until the late-90s?

I'm kind of pissed about missing out on Marcia Brady in HD when I was a kid.

 

[jon_mx]

Technology. The h.264 encoding which allowed HD to be compressed to a manageable bandwidth. The digital chips which allow cameras to capture the video and vastly improved and went from really really expensive to cheap. Cable companies having the bandwidth to provide HD video to customers.

 

[ChiefD]

Technology. The h.264 encoding which allowed HD to be compressed to a manageable bandwidth. The digital chips which allow cameras to capture the video and vastly improved and went from really really expensive to cheap. Cable companies having the bandwidth to provide HD video to customers.

Exactly what I was going to say

 

[AAABatteries]

I got my first HDTV in '99, if I recall correctly. Walked into an electronics store and saw a college football game shot in HD, playing on a loop on a Mitsubishi Diamond 65" HDTV. I was blown away and bought it the next day. I'm actually embarrassed to say what I paid for the damn thing. It was as much as a nice used car costs now.

Anyway, why didn't HDTV arrive sooner? Why ~1998? Why not 1990? Why not 1980?

Was HDTV something that was discovered? Or did we simply not know how to manufacture the parts until the late-90s?

I'm kind of pissed about missing out on Marcia Brady in HD when I was a kid.

You may want to stop drinking for tonight RN.

 

[jon_mx]

I'm kind of pissed about missing out on internet porn in HD when I was a kid.

fixed

 

[Dickie Dunn]

I bought my first HDTV when I moved into my old place 10 years ago. The prices still were through the roof, so I paid about $750 for a 32-inch that still was in a set top box. No lie, the thing weighed 158 lbs. Had a junk hauler take it when I moved last month.

Just bought a 60-inch Smart TV for essentially the same price.

 

[Mario Kart]

HD-DVD is going to make a comeback. It will prevail.

 

[shadyridr]

Yeah seriously. And why didnt we have ####### cell phones in the 60's?

 

[jon_mx]

HD-DVD is going to make a comeback. It will prevail.

I am holding out for HD-betamax.

 

[Raider Nation]

What's the next huge thing in TV down the road? Anything better than 4k planned?

 

[Mario Kart]

What's the next huge thing in TV down the road? Anything better than 4k planned?

5K

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/television/hdtv/lg-s-105-inch-curved-5k-tv-will-arrive-this-year-for-a-wince-inducing-price-1259447

 

[Dickie Dunn]

6-minute abs?

 

[AAABatteries]

What's the next huge thing in TV down the road? Anything better than 4k planned?

VR porn - you will never leave the house!

 

[jon_mx]

6-minute abs?

30-second forearms.

 

[Raider Nation]

What's the next huge thing in TV down the road? Anything better than 4k planned?

5K

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/television/hdtv/lg-s-105-inch-curved-5k-tv-will-arrive-this-year-for-a-wince-inducing-price-1259447

Goodness.

I'm gonna have to sell off some of my WWE stock.

 

[AAABatteries]

$117,000???? Holy crap.

 

[Raider Nation]

While I'm asking stupid questions, what size TV would you need so that all the characters in The Sopranos, or say.... PORN, would appear "life-size".

 

[jon_mx]

While I'm asking stupid questions, what size TV would you need so that all the characters in The Sopranos, or say.... PORN, would appear "life-size".

3.2"