The only way out is to buy a boob tube just before you die. But seriously, I have 2, 35 inch tube TVs and they are the best. Mitsubishi and Sony. They're plenty big enough and you don't get that stretched out look you get when you have a wide screen HD Tv and the broadcast isn't in high def.
Can the human eye really see with the clarity that is now being engineered? I'm sure someone is working on in-home holograms, so it won't stop until that is the prevailing technology.
I'm not complaining about what I'm watching today, but the move we're planning is to a smaller home and flat screens make a big difference. Right now I have 7 and I want to get down to 4.