Digital Home Thoughts: Time for 100% HDTV... Viewers Are Ready

"In a much earlier blog, I wrote about a guy who emailed me to say, "Something in HD is better than anything in analog." His point was that since he and wife had purchased their first HD set, they had started to watch all HD, even if it meant not watching better shows if they were still only available in analog. You know what? I tend to agree with him. I've even found myself tuning into a soccer game on HD Net simply because it was in HD. As an old hockey player, I never imagined sitting down and watching a soccer game. That said, HD makes soccer on TV great...almost compelling... People are buying HD sets en masse. While they aren't flying off the shelves, they are being purchased at a noticeably higher rate than even six months ago."

And I agree that viewers are ready for 100% HDTV. I am certainly one of them. I have had HDTV for only about 2 months now and while I am not as extreme as the example above, I find myself watching weird and random nature shows that are in HD than the more popular shows that were usually on my normal schedule but aren't in HD. Same goes for movies that are on the premium channels - I'll pick a less interesting HD movie over one that may be more interesting but isn't in HD. I really wonder why providers aren't recognizing this demand by the users (unless this is among isolated incidents). What do you feel?