[gekko]

Actually, they made HDTV, and then Super High Definition, now Ultra High Definition. Still waiting on SHD, but who knows if it's even going to catch on.

HD-DVD is still on the way as well. D-VHS has pretty much officially flopped though.

Problem is, everything is coming together slowly. Technology isn't the problem, it's the broadcasting industry. They can't decide on a ****ing standard, so we're still using HD receivers instead of our TVs having the decoders built-in. they're slowly buying the equipment to broadcast in HDTV, and slowly starting to film in widescreen. The broadcast industry is being left behind, but the problem is that's what is going to make the general consumer more likely to buy the new technology. It's easy to tell someone to buy this new widescreen TV, plug in the cable wire and you're set. But instead you need to tell them "to receive HD TV signals, you'll need digital cable or satellite, and you'll need a separate receiver, and then only certain stations are broadcasting in HD. Once they're done, they'll have a TV, a separate box to receive the dish or digital cable signal, and another box for the HD receiver.

But TV aside, we came out with 1080i TVs, but now 1080p is becoming more popular. TVs have also gone from rear-projection, to LCD, to plasma, to DLP. DVDs are good, but they made a better picture with D-VHS, and now both are being beaten by HD-DVD, which will support the higher resolutions of HDTVs (1080p instead of 480p). Game systems are advancing too, DVDs are stuck at 480p, games are now regularly seeing 720p, and next generation we might see the start of 1080p.