I heard there's one company following Skycable move in HD broadcast...it's the Cignal Satellite by PLDT..heard the HD transmission will be starting this midyear..(june)
mmm..never heard of that company, but will definitely be looking out for that.
as far as hailing skycable, i too think they are definitely a step ahead of anyone as far as cable broadcasting, but i fear they aren't motivated by being pioneers here. take the digibox for example, that imo was driven for a need to stop people from "stealing" from them via illegal connections. the result for end users though is a somewhat clearer picture, although it kinda makes the tuner that comes with the TV useless
i'm still hopefull that they see more income in lowering their prices so that more people can actually enjoy HD programming. after all most of the money spenders out there belong to a bracket that probably don't see the value in paying that much for 2 channels.
....hopefully the redo their market study and see that even the manufacturers of these high-end systems have made their products very reachable. the best example i can think of is my own pv80, 2-3yrs ago nobody would believe that the prices of plasma TVs at 42" would have ever been so low, granted it is panasonic's so-called entry-level plasma.