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rex · 03-19-2008

You would think that manufacturers would race to bring their latest and best stuff to the largest CE market in the world; but somehow it doesn't seem to happen that way.
Why exactly did Japan have HD TV over a decade before US?
I have heard it had something to do with industry bickering about competing "standards", and such. Even now, it is taking an awfully long time for HD TV to trickle in.

03-19-2008	#3
rex Super Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: U.S. Posts: 379	Re: Mitsubishi releases new BD recorders in Japan You would think that manufacturers would race to bring their latest and best stuff to the largest CE market in the world; but somehow it doesn't seem to happen that way. Why exactly did Japan have HD TV over a decade before US? I have heard it had something to do with industry bickering about competing "standards", and such. Even now, it is taking an awfully long time for HD TV to trickle in.