But the reality is that television isn t the only screen people are watching. Although the computer industry entered into the HDTV morass late, they have helped to make a messy situation an impossible one. For the computer industry, choosing a progressive standard would make it a lot easier for people to watch television on their computers. And because the signal was digital, broadcasting channels could also be used to send lots of data. Best of all, progressive is a superior technology which uses bandwidth more efficiently.
Broadcasters didn t like the idea of people watching television on their computers.
So the battle began. Impact on distribution. We are talking about snakes and mongooses here. The last thing broadcasters and cable companies need is something new to fight about. It turns out that the cable companies also like progressive standards.