Traditional TV Must Become HDTV to Survive

As the quality and quantity of 'net video increases, its only a matter of time before standard definition TV becomes passe. DirectTV feels the solution to this impending paradigm shift is a swifter move to HDTV. It would certainly solve the problem of find better quality video on the 'net. However, I think they are discounting the fact that the Internet will always offer a much wider and much more original array of content.

From the article:

"I think that channels that are slow to go to HD are going to start to feel
squeezed and to lose viewership sooner rather than later. HDTV is hugely
important in that it's the biggest advantage that traditional broadcast
infrastructures have over the Internet. I simply can't stress that enough. At
DirecTV, we're trying to instill into programmers that the longer they wait to
go to HD, the closer they are to being marginalized by the Internet. Basic cable
channels have to go to high-def or they will die."