HDTV will not fail - you can take that to the bank.

As soon as programming really starts to boom - it should relatively soon, then more and more people will be on board to the point that it's the standard.

For me, it was football in HD! That's all I needed. For someone else, it will be those Home & Garden Channels - for someone else, etc. etc. It will happen!

I'm baffled by DirecTv's lack of urgence when it comes ot increasing 1 - national HD channels and 2 - local HDs for everyone!!! Even us in markets 70-80! Man, this stresses me, but they have me by the - well you know - w/ Sunday Ticket. It's like crack - I can't break the habit!
Also, did anyone notice that you couldn't get the Cardinals-49ers game in HD on the ticket? At first, I thought it wasn't an HD game, then I saw a hilight while watching Dallas/Jax and - lo and behold - it was in HD. But I couldn't find it in the guide anywhere! They actually didn't provide it in HD! That's unacceptable!

Is this available on DirecTV as part of their HD package? Or do I need to sign up for their extra sports programming (the one that gives all the out-of-market regional sports stations, like FSN, and others)?
What channel is FSN-HD? I've never seen it before!

I think the third round is a typo. It would seem he meant to say " ... compaired to the natural look of HD-DVD"

My wife and I actually bought the TV pictured for our bedroom, but returned it after the screen bowed at the bottom (a common theme I read in many customer reviews of it). The picture was OK, but this type of problem that only occurs on tube TVs - to my knowledge - just didn't seem very high tech. We traded it in for a Westinghouse 32-inch that was selling for a rediculous $799 at Best Buy at the time. It was just a bedroom TV, so the overall quality wasn't a huge issue - as it was for the Samsung 40" LCD we bought for the family room. Bottom line - people are becoming accustomed to light TVs, whether flat panel or DLP. Anything that goes against that (CRT) is ultimately doomed in the long run.

I'm all over the hard drive one once it gets below $1,000. I have a three-year-old Sony that we switched to 16:9 mode ever since we upgraded to HD. We take tons of video of our daughter, so I'm glad we won't have to stretch too much of her video as she grows up. But it's still not HD!! I've been waiting for this for a long time now, so I'll be watching those prices closely!

For me, I'm not buying either till one is a clear winner. At these prices, I can't aford to be wrong. I'm sure I'm not alone with this POV.

That said, I'm curious in the short-term about the upscaling DVD players. One - are they that much better than standard 480p DVD players and, Two - is HD-DVD/Blu-Ray that much better than the upscalers?