a basic question on HD

Elizabeth,

While I share some of your dismay at the complicated HD market, I strongly
disagree with your deduction from these issues.

First off there are too numerous to list sets that DO accept a true 1080p
signal, all Sony's 1080 TV's do, as do their front projectors. Pioneer even has
1080p plasmas that yes accept a true 1080p/24 signal.

As for sources that output 1080p, perhaps you've missed the bandwagon.....
Your DVD-5910 can even put out 1080p (and is pretty good at it as well I
must say having had one for some time now) and many other DVD players
scale to 1080p as well, not to mention Blu-ray and HD DVD. If you think
these are 'lame' formats and waiting for a side to win, you are losing out on
amazing pictures that dwarf anything else you can get to display on any set,
the new Bond flick 'Casino Royale' sold over 100,000 copies in Blu-ray in only
a few weeks..... I know I onlu bought ONE so there are obviously many more
folks out there with these players.

For my money, if you are buying a new display of any kind and you DON'T
buy a 1080p capable set I think you are foolish as you will want this feature
before your TV dies or you want to buy another one, oh and you don't need
HDMI 1.3 to transmit 1080p, you can easily do it with 1.1.

Sorry for the rant, but I am going to go watch something on my 1080p
capable 70" Sony on one of the five sources I currently have that output
1080p.......

I agree with Kennyt above, having just acquired a Sony 46" 1080p LCD that puts out a magnificent picture. Even in 1080i it makes my 3 yr old rear projection HD Hitachi Director Series look like something from the 60's!

Can we record to Blu-Ray or DVD-HD yet? I have a HD camcoder.

Fplanner2000,

If you don't have it already go out and buy the Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray player and X men III, you will be blown away!

Ya' Kennyt got it. The new Toshiba X2A and even the ps3 actually output 1080p--(I have the older X1A).
I have the Sony Ruby and the pq; even with my older X1A is better than my TWC-hd feed.
I know we all have different levels of enjoyment/ desires, and budgets.---Pretty much anyone whom is a videophile with the funds has one of the new displays and one of the new format players.---LG just came out with a player that does BD and HD-DVD.--(BD= blue ray) So, as they say you can get into the game and run with the big-dogs or just sit on the porch.---I rent from Netflix--they rent both formats---same price as renting standard dvds.---