Actually here in France the major channels are in full HD. But the issue is less broadcast than VOD : Bluray is about movies, broadcast is about news, sports, junk, etc.

Video On Demand delivers HD movies to your home...

thavn wrote:

Everybody says the Bluray discs are not the future. They may be right, but how long shall we wait for 1080p broadcasts? I still haven´t seen a single channel transmitted in full HD. In fact most are still SD. There is a major difference in picture quality between HD ready and Full HD. 

I believe that Bluray will live far more than five years. I still want a BC2 with Bluray.

flycub wrote:

here in France the major channels are in full HD

Here in Australia we have gone from the historic 5 analogue channels to now 5 x 3 digital channels.

Each of the old owners got 3 digital channels: two at 720, and one at 1080.

The net effect has been an increase in mediocrity ... and more tasteless advertisements.

So I am becoming more and more interested in downloaded content however Australia also has expensive and limited bandwidth so physical media still has an attraction.

My youngest son has just moved out from our home, taking his PS3 with him, and so we are now blue-ray-less, and therefore I am thinking of getting an economical blue-ray player: one supported by the PUC.

I find it hard to justify the different between a BV7 with and with-out a BR player.

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This is interesting within the comments of the life-cycle of blue-ray