To HD or Not To HD?

About a year ago I went "Yay! I have a new plasma TV!" However, it's not even slightly HD ready, and I'm not even sure what will happen if I try to shove an HD signal into it (or through my DVD player, come to that). And in today's world, HD is the way to go, so I'm now facing something of a small dilemma. Do I splash out another few thousand dollars and pick up a new set? And what then of my current one?

That all said, there are a few factors to consider:

One, I don't watch TV. Can't stand the ads. So that's one source of HD I don't need to immediately consider. [Still signed up for cable TV for some reason...]

Then there's also Freeview. Which doesn't come through Sky. So I'd need a different piece of electronic equipment to get, or get a TV with Freeview installed (not entirely sure how that works with a Sky/Saturn box. No doubt there's lots of cables involved). Not that there's anything on Freeview that is entirely drawing in my attention (now if they started playing Doctor Who...). Tempting, but not enough.

Now DVDs I do watch. Lots of them. Got a slew more the other day. Like I need that many? (Avoided the Whitcoulls sale.) But, yeah, BluRay is the coming thing, so I need something capable of handling that (which means a new player as well as a new TV). On the other hand, BluRay is uncontested, which means they can hike up the prices and no-one else can cry foul! (Well, they can, but monopolies don't care. Cf Microsoft.)

Yeah. In all, I can see why I don't need a new TV. At least, not right now... but it's lurking in my mind anyway...

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