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From my experience, Directv, Dish, and digital cable have an aweful Sd picture quality. It's compressed to hell and looks like total crap on any tv. The problem is that on LCD and plasma sets the scalars that scale the picture up to the LCD or plasma panel's native resolution is total crap. Even the best scalars are not perfect. LCD and plasma will look good if you have a signal of the same resolution as the native resolution of the panel. I love CRT, and will not own a plasma or LCD for a long time to come, probably never. The picture quality is just better. I love Trinitrons, especially the flat ones. I love Roundies too. CRT just looks better, even when plasma or LCD TVs get a proper source. I hate modern electronics now, they are cheap, throw-away crap. And as for analog broadcasts stopping in 2009, I'm not really that concerned. Other than a few occasions I do watch broadcast TV, I've given up on it totally, because it's pretty much crap. I watch the parades, occasional movies, and occasional specials, but that's it. Get a decent HDTV STB for yourself. They are pretty much the same as digital DVB satellite receivers. They have s-video and composite outputs as well as RF to make your vintage sets happy. Keep those vintage sets going for as long as you can!
Jonathan
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