I decided to encourage with publishing until HDTV is understood enough to move forward with a life of its own or, sadly, is declared a failure for my generation. First, HDTV is a high-end item. That means it needs to define itself clearly as the highest-end product of television by declaring all of its visual and audio benefits, then target just those people who appreciate and can afford those benefits. While that appears obvious, I am not sure that policy makers in government and industry are clear as to who the first customer is. The future of commerce is based on the experience that is sold.
Standard television is understood for what it is.
It remains to me a perfectly good system for most of our society. It does not need major overhauling or fixing for what it does. But it is not a great experience. Now comes the computer, which outsold television in the last few years. The experience of it.