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<blockquote data-quote="kerpow" data-source="post: 154040" data-attributes="member: 20978">I am just a little bit concerned here for you guys.&nbsp;&nbsp; How willing are you to walk away from this idea if people genuinely aren't interested enough. It seems opinions are mixed, but does the poll show it?The poll only asks about &quot;if you were planning&quot; which leaves no room for anyone who does not need to upgrade.&nbsp; Think about this, IF 90% of users had no need for this hardware solution, then only 10% of users could possibly answer the poll, so IF that was the case the poll results would not mean much, not to mention there is no choice for the ‘I don’t know’s.&nbsp; But with the current question, we don’t know the answer to these ‘IF’s.So DMAN, when you say &quot;The poll suggests people would need to upgrade or look to a h/w decoding solution thus suggesting something like this is worth investigating further.&quot;&nbsp; I don't see how you can be so sure, it sounds like you guys might be getting a bit carried away, which is easy to do (I know) when dollar signs are floating in the air.The introduction of a commercial link in this way (much more direct than any I have seen before with MP) needs to be thought of very carefully so that MP doesn’t loose any of the qualities that people have grown to love.&nbsp; And I personally don't think that this poll will help much in that huge decision.Me? I can’t answer your poll, because I am already using HDTV, and I don’t see any reason that my box wouldn’t run high def content from any source.I hope my opinions are received in the constructive way they are intended.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kerpow, post: 154040, member: 20978"] I am just a little bit concerned here for you guys. How willing are you to walk away from this idea if people genuinely aren't interested enough. It seems opinions are mixed, but does the poll show it? The poll only asks about "if you were planning" which leaves no room for anyone who does not need to upgrade. Think about this, IF 90% of users had no need for this hardware solution, then only 10% of users could possibly answer the poll, so IF that was the case the poll results would not mean much, not to mention there is no choice for the ‘I don’t know’s. But with the current question, we don’t know the answer to these ‘IF’s. So DMAN, when you say "The poll suggests people would need to upgrade or look to a h/w decoding solution thus suggesting something like this is worth investigating further." I don't see how you can be so sure, it sounds like you guys might be getting a bit carried away, which is easy to do (I know) when dollar signs are floating in the air. The introduction of a commercial link in this way (much more direct than any I have seen before with MP) needs to be thought of very carefully so that MP doesn’t loose any of the qualities that people have grown to love. And I personally don't think that this poll will help much in that huge decision. Me? I can’t answer your poll, because I am already using HDTV, and I don’t see any reason that my box wouldn’t run high def content from any source. I hope my opinions are received in the constructive way they are intended. [/QUOTE]

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