Plasma 42 inch ....

Thanks guys. We do have the Comcast HD DVR but are struggling with the interface.

The problem with cable card is there is no way to do DVR, as far as I know.

DVI to HDMI shouldn't be a problem as I understand it. It's effectively an adapter (no conversion whatsoever).

I bought a 50" Pioneer Elite a month ago

the Six generation really refined the black levels

what a picture

I debated going smaller (43") and was glad I bought the larger screen (ymmv according to viewing distance)
10' away the 50" is great and you really feel in the movie
hdmi dvd source rocks, can't wait to get hi def satellite

Tom

Drubin,

The DirectTV HR 10-250 is a great HDTV/TiVo unit with HDMI and component video outputs if you could consider switching to satellite from cable. It can record 2 channels simultaneously. We too found that TiVo was more important to us that HDTV, but now we have both in a very nice package.

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For most people, PVR's totally change the way they watch tv. It's one of those innovations that once you have it, you wonder how you ever lived without it.

Regarding HDTV, I think the 2 key content streams that benefit the most is sports, and the movie channels. It's not like Jay Leno is funnier, nor CSI more pompous in HDTV, but hockey or football in HD is stupendous, especially on a big-ass* display. And movies that are well rendered to HD from film are a joy to behold.

*big-ass is industry insider tech jargon. It means "large"

We watch CSI: Miami in HDTV mainly for the panoramic shots. The surround sound is another treat. I watched the Rose Parade in TiVo's first stage fast forward mode. That eliminated the inane chatter; the DirectTV CBS HDTV feed from KTLA was commercial free.

IIRC, KTLA was one of the first two TV stations in LA during the time of the 10" black and white sets "enhanced" with a bubble to make the picture seem larger, and when kids (me included) piled into a neighbor's living room to watch the picture.

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