[dhs12345]

Two differnt standards:

TV standard and PC. Newer video cards that support HD also allow for adjusting over-scan while using PC as a PC or the PC as an HD player. There is software available to do the same. Note: your generic video card may not immediately support HD. And HD MPEG2 or wmv conversion takes a bit of cpu horsepower.


Wait for 1080p. Agreed. However, 1080p is kind of pricey right now. Probably another year before it comes down. Also, new TVs have built in over the air HD tuners so all that is required is an antenna and you will be able to pick up the over the air HD broadcast. Of course, you have to be reasonably close to the transmitter to pick up the broadcast. Remember the days of rabbit ears? They are back (or cable or satellite is another option).

[dhs12345]

Forgot to mention: they also support cable cards (allows the TV to play Cable without a cable box).

The HD ota tuner is nice and I guess cable card support is nice too. However, both add cost to the TV.

So, in addition to the additional cost of the higher res TV, you will be paying for a tuner and cable card. You probably wont use the latter two.