HD broadcasts

[Bon Voyage]

Anyone watch them?

My 19" Zenith that was 9 years old is in the purgatory of my bedroom as it is dead due to purple spots and turning off and on by itself.  So I went to ABC Warehouse and got me a new tv that has a built in HDTV tuner, even though the TV is only a SDTV. (27" Sharp CRT for a very good price)

I finally got an antenna and pulled in the broadcasts.  It is like watching Digital satellite, only without paying for it.

[Jimbob]

Haven't upgraded yet, but it's good the prices are coming down quickly.  I hear from friends that have it that it really does live up to the hype.

[spurly]

I don't think they are that much better.

[normfromga]

Unless one of my TV's blows up, I will probably have to buy a converter box for our smaller set when all the stations go digital in a couple of years.

The larger tv is on cable, which, I have been told, will still offer analogue programming for a while.

[Cross-titled]

I don't think they are that much better.

I'd say the difference is ".....as far as the east is from the west..."

[rick6886]

I have a 42" Plasma HDTV, You actually have to have an HD channel on your Cable or Satelite to notice the difference (for example there is ESPN and ESPN HD they are 2 different channels on the TV even though they are broadcasting the same thing, one channel is HD one is not). It is a huge difference, the HD picture is crisp, bright, color strong and flawless and the sound is worlds better.

Imagine the difference between watching a movie on VHS and a DVD, except the difference is even greater when it comes to HD and non HD channels...

my humble 2 cents

Rick