Don't be embarassed. Just stop calling to come over to everybody else's house... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif I remember before I had an HDTV -- I said the same things. Things like, "Oh, there isn't that much of a difference." I have to tell you that I was full of crap. We purchased a 52" Samsung LCD HDTV and are often astonished at the clarity. Why is HD great... well... It is very clear. Some examples: you can see the dimples of a golf ball, and it doesn't have to be taking up the entire screen. I never knew that they had that glitter stuff in UCLA's helmets. I guess coach K does have a few blemeshes on his face. Another reason is that it is bright and there is very good contrast. With SDTV, it is sort of muddy and our eye has been trained to deal with that. The best way to look at something like that is to take a program, watch it on HDTV, and then watch the same program on a standard definition channel on the same TV. It is night and day.