I agree with Simon--but I still think it's very misleading. The problem is that most consumers are going out of their way to learn some of the terminology to make sure they don't blow $3K on something that isn't as future-proof as possible--but they're not likely to go far enough. As it stands, I've heard that a large number of HDTV owners don't have their sets connected properly and are watching their new HDTVs with SD-only signal inputs.
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I agree with Simon--but I still think it's very misleading. The problem is that most consumers are going out of their way to learn some of the terminology to make sure they don't blow $3K on something that isn't as future-proof as possible--but they're not likely to go far enough. As it stands, I've heard that a large number of HDTV owners don't have their sets connected properly and are watching their new HDTVs with SD-only signal inputs.