MARK CUBAN BETTING ON HDTV

One of his side projects is HDNet, a television station carried on cable and satellite networks offering programs in high definition. Cuban is betting that HDNet will be on the leading edge of programming to serve the growing numbers of households buying high-definition TV sets.

Cuban may have a point. HDTV prices are dropping, more cable networks, such as HBO and Discovery Channel, offer programs in high definition, and the federal government is pushing broadcast TV networks to shift analog signals to digital.

In fact, Cuban believes that the HDTV market is at an inflection point similar to PCs in the 1990s and DVD players at the turn of the century. As prices continue to fall, adoption will continue to rise. (full article)