[masraum]

I don't understand it either. I don't watch enough TV to justify spending a few grand on a TV. I haven't been that impressed with HD yet. Not to mention, HD takes bandwidth, and bandwidth is still not cheap/free.

Maybe in a few years when the prices have come down and the TV/HD/cable-broadband market has calmed down and reached a steady point.

Another thing that I don't get that's actually pretty irritating is the whole 'it's got to be a widescreen' craze. It's getting hard to buy a TV that's in the old 4:3 ratio. But if you buy a 37" widescreen TV and a 37" 4:3 TV, the 4:3 ratio set gives you more screen. So, they are selling "widescreens" and charging extra because they are "widescreen" but they are actually giving you less screen.