I don't know if its a scam dude, I'm sure a real HDTV looks even better. And with HDTVs you could actually use that Progressive Scan feature on your DVD player. :)

Of course, HDTV looks better on a HDTV set. You can't argue with better resolution.

But if you don't have/want to spend that kind of money, you should be told you have the option not to. You never hear any salesperson or cable person saying, "Yeah, you can watch HDTV on your standard set and it will look as good as DVDs do." I think if more people knew this, they would be much less interested in spending all the money on a new television.

That's true. A converter though is still like $200-$300.

Stand-alone converters will become a thing of the past. In 2008 when all broadcasts over every channel have to be in HDTV, the cable companies are not going to lose 90% of their business by telling everyone they have to have a HDTV capable television. There are roughly 600 million televisions in the country, to think we would have to throw them all out in 2008 is ludacris. Instead, the converters will be built in to the box, just like mine is.