So I guess that's when broadcast tv goes digital or I subscribe to satellite tv.

In either case you do have the option of sticking with your current TV. But over time the benefits of HD will be more and more obvious. To a nearsighted person it's like walking around without your glasses and then suddenly finding them and putting them on. The question for late adopters will be how long they want to live in a blurry world.

I guess I need to research this, I thought the two were tied together.

I regularly thank the baby Jesus for my HD tv. I feel sorry for you blind fools still watching your crazy standard def. pffft.

I have noticed that many broadcasts are now framed for the wider aspect ratio and are just rudely cut off on the edges for standard def broadcast.

Our broadcast signals are generally bad enough that the high def is of no value. I've been given to understand that when the broadcasts go digital we won't see anything at all on most of our stations. At that point we have to decide whether we want television for anything beyond a dvd monitor.

Most of the stuff on TV is better, seen blurry.

The only thing I've really seen in hi-def thus far is sports...and it's awesome stuff! But I'm not running out to buy an HDTV just yet...we have digital cable on both TVs, so we won't lose anything. And I'd like to see the prices on them come down a bit more.

I think Microsoft is wrong on this one. They tried the integrated home media center idea already, and people weren't ready for it. They still think of it as a game machine that plays DVDs, and the XBox 360 has effectively just become a game machine that can't play DVDs.

And even for the early adopters, Netflix already does downloadable movie content better anyway. Now, if Microsoft were to buy Netflix... well, I would be very sad.

hmm. should I not buy any more DVDs? and get a blu-ray player instead?

I do have an HDTV . . . but can't watch HD stuff on it because I'm unwilling to pay extra to my cable co for it.

I think that once the porn industry picked a format, the loser was doomed.:rolleyes:

Last year, Sony snubbed the industry, which was forced to put movies only on HD_DVD or support both formats if they could find another company to make copies.

This was as of late 2007. My guess is that Sony found a way to supply the porn industry.

Simply get or make an antenna. I was experimenting with some rather simplest designs that appear to make the ghosting problem less problematic. Parts came from Lowes, Walmart, a hobby store, and the grocery store. Was surprised how good the reception was. However the antenna only works well in its pointed direction.

i don't want my porn in HD......

Why not?