Thanks to my local cable company I have seen lots of HD content and movies on my 50" HDTV (Pan. 500U). I tried an up-converter DVD player through HDMI and a regular prog. scan DVD player and got lousy results with each, lots of blur and bad pixel averaging. Oddly enough the original xbox had incredible playback. Now I have the xbox360 and it's even better. Closest to HD I've seen and in fact close enough that I could care less about getting the HD-DVD add-on that Microsoft has announced. Maybe it's the right "fit" for my TV because I've seen contrary comments to my results from other HDTV owners. But, I am glad to have no need to re-buy my favorite movies in HD or worry about which new format they are. When dual format HD players and HD discs come down to current regular DVD price levels, maybe I'll change my mind. For now I am lucky enough to be satisfied with what I have. Perhaps I am not alone based on this article.
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Thanks to my local cable company I have seen lots of HD content and movies on my 50" HDTV (Pan. 500U). I tried an up-converter DVD player through HDMI and a regular prog. scan DVD player and got lousy results with each, lots of blur and bad pixel averaging. Oddly enough the original xbox had incredible playback. Now I have the xbox360 and it's even better. Closest to HD I've seen and in fact close enough that I could care less about getting the HD-DVD add-on that Microsoft has announced. Maybe it's the right "fit" for my TV because I've seen contrary comments to my results from other HDTV owners. But, I am glad to have no need to re-buy my favorite movies in HD or worry about which new format they are. When dual format HD players and HD discs come down to current regular DVD price levels, maybe I'll change my mind. For now I am lucky enough to be satisfied with what I have. Perhaps I am not alone based on this article.