05-31-2008, 02:00 PM
[quote Spiff]One will still have to pay an extra premium and buy an HDTV ready TV to watch HDTV.
Not precisely -- I am myself now watching an HDTV-level definition program on a regular (analog) TV, using the Zenith converter. Of course, what I'm seeing is not true HDTV, but that said, the picture is great... crystal clear and very detailed. Am I going to buy an HDTV to be watching it as true HDTV? No way... not when I have four or five perfectly good CRTs which have great pictures.
Not precisely -- I am myself now watching an HDTV-level definition program on a regular (analog) TV, using the Zenith converter. Of course, what I'm seeing is not true HDTV, but that said, the picture is great... crystal clear and very detailed. Am I going to buy an HDTV to be watching it as true HDTV? No way... not when I have four or five perfectly good CRTs which have great pictures.