In our house, the tubes outnumber the flat panel 6:1. We don’t actually see much benefit to switch to flat panels because normal TV broadcast looks quite ugly with plasmas and LCDs. HDTV broadcast is still not available here. The only way you can get anything above 480p is via HD DVD or Blu-ray.

Hopefully we’ll get to have HD soon because HD picture is so clear that it even stomps on DVD.

Doesn’t HDTV make Bro’ in Law Shrek soooo much more handsome? Wait until those 2008 negative campaign ads come along: mud in HD. Now you can actually read the lips and see the expectorations of the disgruntled 2nd baseman.

Advertising dollars will be more wisely spent on HDTV because they
have effectively priced many consumers out of the market.

I for one look forward to the day when I will only use a DVD player or
yes even an old VHS which we still have to watch only selected movies
and programs in our home. Great for raising kids without a steady diet
of commercialized TV jerking on their parents pockets for every jim
crack and doo dah that they see advertised on TV.

Bring on HDTV, it cannot come quick enough for me.

Dan Rumelt
Federal Communications Commission