I say to each his own on the edtv vs. hdtv, i have hdtv myself, and i think there is a big difference in resolution when viewing hd material. but for less money, you can still get the coolness of the hang on the wall tv, but just less resolution, on hd anyway, actually i've been told that with normal digital cable or dvd material, that sometimes edtv even looks better, so it really kinda depends on what type of viewing you do also.