The percentage of returned gadgets that have nothing wrong with them.
Of the $13.8 billion worth of returned products in 2007, only 5 percent were because gadgets were actually broken, according to a 2008 study.
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A 1080p set CANNOT accept a 1080p signal. It just upconverts everything to that res. This IS going to change though. - true
There are two so far that do however. HP has got a DLP that does, and JVC will have a new LCOS model coming out at the end of the month that is supposed to. We will see this in other sets next year. - true
Cablecard will not give you a guide, VOD, etc. - true
Sets with CableCard WILL NOT except the new CableCard 2.0 next year that will give you all of those things you miss over the 1.0. - true
CableCard 2.0 even will not work when you cable provider switches to MPEG-4. - true
So basically, CableCard is worthless. - true
Cable carries the locals in HD - not always true
Multipath is a real problem for DTV OTA broadcasts. - true more often than not
HD is only broadcast on UHF - not true
In fact, the UHF channels are on loan, when the changeover happens, the stations will have DTV on their regular frequency. Guess what, current ATSC set tops are having real problems tuning DTV on VHF.
Just FYI off the top of my head