Unsuccess. Is that really a word? For some reason when I typed that word, it felt unreal to me. But I looked it up, and yup, it’s a word. I need to use that word so that the title could be similar to another recent article, 5 Reasons for HDTV Success, this article’s anti-article.

Philip Swann over at TVPredictions.com first did an article stating 5 reasons why HDTV will succeed, and now he does the opposite. What do you think of this list?

Why HDTV will not succeed:

1. Price
2. Not Enough Programming
3. Industry Confusion & Chaos
4. The HDTV DVD Disaster
5. People Still Have Their TVs

Hmmmm. Yup, yup, yup, yup, and yup. Those are all problems that HDTV faces, sure. But do they add up to a big “Return to Sender” sign on the HDTV package? I don’t think so. There is still a lot of programming in SD, which is annoying. But more is coming to HD all the time. Eventually there will be a winner in the format war. Etc etc etc. So while these are all problems, I think they’re sumountable ones. HDTV sales, despite the price, are doing quite well. One day it’ll be in all our homes.

HDTV: 5 Barriers to Bigger Sales