First off, I was amazed how you guys sounded like a bunch of Luddites! You are supposed to be INTO technology, so embrace it. Open your eyes and look at this incredible stuff. Once you see it, you can't go back to crappy 1940's technology.

I understand there are collectors out there. An interesting obsession. You can't hold back the main stream, though. You may need to make RF out of an old VCR or DVD player.

Really guys, you owe it to yourself to check out what video looks like on a good set. 1920x1080. That's a lot of pixels. I bought a Sony super fine dot pitch 36" TUBE (I like tubes) set. Those little pixels are hugging each other very nicely. Find one of these and look at it (make sure it says "super fine dot pitch").

The content is there too. The bigger movie channels, INHD 1 and 2, Discovery, the major networks. The cable box is OK. You can even rip this stuff to your PC with the right setup, and play it back through a DVI or HDMI cable. HD-DVD formats are forthcoming in the next year.

There is a good chance analog broadcast will die when it was supposed to in May 2006 because congress wants to sell off the bandwidth. The cable world will hardly notice.