February 20, 2010

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Trophy 55679 XLT Hunting Binoculars with 10 x 28 Magnification and Roof Prism System

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Trophy 55684 XLT Hunting Binoculars with 12 x 50 Magnification and Field of View ft@1000yds / m@1000m: 241 / 80

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Bushnell Trophy Binoculars, 8x42

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New-BUSHNELL TROPHY XLT 10 X 42 BONE COLLECTOR BINOCULARS - 38413

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8x42 Trophy XLT Green Roof

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Bushnell Trophy XLT 10x 42mm Bone Collector Edition Roof Prism Binoculars

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Bushnell Trophy XLT 20-60x 65mm Waterproof Compact Tripod Spotting Scope with Hard and Soft Cases

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Bushnell Trophy XLT 15-45x 50mm Waterproof Compact Tripod Spotting Scope with Hard and Soft Cases

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Bushnell Elite E2 8 x 42 Binocular

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Nikon Trailblazer ATB Binocular 8X 42 Black 8220

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HD Downloads?

Every since HDDVD dropped out of the race everyone has been trumpeting HD downloads as the next big thing. While I agree that HD VOD will come into being sometime in the future as of today it is simply not a practical idea. The way I see it the US broadband structure is simply to small and too slow to support such an industry, everyone keeps talking about fiber-optics from the telecos but I'll believe that when it wont cost my first born for a basic plan. I know that I pay quite a bit for my broadband service but will Joe Everyman pay for the kind of speeds that would be required for HD movie downloads, we still have a large portion of the nation on dial-up. Maybe movie studios and content providers should look outside the US to places like Japan and Korea who do have the tech nessesary. I could be wrong, do you think movie downloads will become the standard or will DVD and Blu-Ray be around for a long time?

FIOS and digital cable have no problem serving up digital content -- I'm watching a 1080i NASCAR race as I type this. The model for home viewing has become Netflix, Blockbuster, VOD and streaming -- not for downloading, but for rental or streaming. People who want to own the video will buy a Blu Ray but I think that's a diminishing percentage -- if the movie is available on demand, why own it? Sure if it's a favorite I will buy a copy, but if it's something I just want to see to kill a Saturday night, a hi-def rental is fine by me.

Good question. A star for you!

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