Invisible wrote:

> Hell, when I was at uni ten years ago we had computers exceeding these 
> resolutions. With Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 4. Has technology not 
> moved on since then? It's not like there's any technical challenge to 
> using a higher resolution, after all...

Government regulators, for whom being safe is generally more important 
than being right, had a major role in the determination of the standard. 
  The standard had to allow for broadcast within a strictly-defined 
frequency band, and this limit was chosen based on technology that is 
now ready for deployment to your local museum, because these decisions 
were made years ago.

If I am remembering things correctly, there was even some insistence 
that the signal be displayable by sets designed for the old broadcast 
standard.  If that sounds thinking-impaired, well, that's the FCC for you.

Regards,
John

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