I have had an HDTV widescreen for a couple of years now and I will never go back to 4:3. The prices for big screen HDTV's have come way down in just a few years. The latest DLP rear projection I think are the best bet because of price and I have read that they do not burn in. They also have a really slim profile, so it is as close to thin plasma as you can get. I have a rear projection Toshiba 40H80, its not the new DLP technology, but I dont have any burn in yet. Dont get a plasma, I have seen countless times the burn in image.
Some games do support widescreen and thats great. For the games that dont, depending on your TV, you can still stretch it out to to widescreen so there are no black bar's on either side. It makes the characters look slightly fatter and at first glance it looks odd, but after you are playing for awhile you dont notice it anymore.
The advantages of widescreen HDTV far out weight standard 4:3
DVD's are so much better with an widescreen HDTV hands down. Also alot of cable companies now offer the Digital cable box that has HDTV signal out. The price difference is only a few bucks more. There are only a few channels so far, but wow it is sooo much sharper and clearer. You end up watching these channels more often. HBO HDTV rocks!
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I was there to see it take off too. I also took video, might be a little clearer in this vid: http://view.break.com/378238 Greg
I took video of it today: http://view.break.com/378238
I have had an HDTV widescreen for a couple of years now and I will never go back to 4:3. The prices for big screen HDTV's have come way down in just a few years. The latest DLP rear projection I think are the best bet because of price and I have read that they do not burn in. They also have a really slim profile, so it is as close to thin plasma as you can get. I have a rear projection Toshiba 40H80, its not the new DLP technology, but I dont have any burn in yet. Dont get a plasma, I have seen countless times the burn in image. Some games do support widescreen and thats great. For the games that dont, depending on your TV, you can still stretch it out to to widescreen so there are no black bar's on either side. It makes the characters look slightly fatter and at first glance it looks odd, but after you are playing for awhile you dont notice it anymore. The advantages of widescreen HDTV far out weight standard 4:3 DVD's are so much better with an widescreen HDTV hands down. Also alot of cable companies now offer the Digital cable box that has HDTV signal out. The price difference is only a few bucks more. There are only a few channels so far, but wow it is sooo much sharper and clearer. You end up watching these channels more often. HBO HDTV rocks!