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Originally Posted by oldtvman
after living throught the birth of both technologies, I find litte comparison in the two. HDTV was a natural progression from analog. Color television had no predicessor. The hard work, the network battles between NBC an CBS would make for a hit mini-series. but after all is said and done, I don't find the same passion or feeling watching my HDTV as I do any one of my 6 roundies.
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I agree with Pete pretty much on this. But to appreciate the value of HDTV, the display needs to be much larger than a 21" roundie. I have a projector in my basement that displays about 11' x 7' high on the wall. And at that size there is a glaring difference between analog and true HD (1920 x 1080i). Just to give you an idea there is 5 times the amount of resolution for HD as there is coming from a standard progressive scan dvd (720 x 480p). And a dvd is much better resolution than an old style standard analog broadcast at 240i. It is much more than resolution alone, the color pallet is way higher as well and it is obvious. Some HD scenes look so real it is as though you are fooled into thinking you are looking out a window instead of a mere projection on the wall.
The remarkable difference is definately there but you will not see or notice the quality difference at the smaller screen sizes IMO. But screen sizes on sets are now getting progressively bigger as well.