Seeing Red After Buying Digital TV

I can’t believe that I just purchased a $15,000 high-definition television screen that is about to become a dinosaur due to a new digital connection standard [“HDTV Device Gains Support,” April 17]. I feel like such a fool to think that all HDTV technical issues had been addressed.

I seriously doubt that I will be junking my equipment to support a new standard driven by copyright paranoia. I guess I will miss out on all of that “new” entertainment.

Fred Williams

Oceanside

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I see the consumer electronics industry has bowed to pressure from the major movie studios to implement a digital system in all HDTVs or digital televisions to not only limit the recording of programming off the air but to add a pay-per-quality feature for programs provided in high definition.

I am one of those “early adopters” who bought an RCA HD set-top box about two years ago. I have been an enthusiastic supporter of HDTV and tried to convince others how fantastic HD looks. I was looking forward to HD DVDs, VCRs and affordable large flat-screen displays based on DLP technology.

But if the industry goes ahead with this ill-thought-out scheme to put these odious restrictions on HDTV, I will not buy any more equipment and I will tell others not to either.

May this scheme go the way of the ill-fated Divx DVD, which was also a stupid idea based on greed.

Wesley Orr

Torrance