when media markt say they are selling dirt cheap HDTV's check out the res & standard, cause a lot of it's the lower standards, make sure it's 1080i compatible, otherwise its garbage... ( http://www.cnet.com/4520-7874_1-5137915-1.html )

if you want to try 1080i download some of usenet..
http://www.nzbsrus.com have quite a few to download, and I don't know where you can buy them yet..

don't start downloading these buggers until june when cablecom have bumped their speeds up either,. one movie is about 12gigs.. one episode of lost / sopranos in 1080i is aroung 4gigs..

when you go 1080i you don't want to go back.. !!!

in sweden they will broadcast the football wc games in this new quality.. don't know when ch will get it though..

and if you get a tv that can do 1080i you almost have to at least borrow an xbox360 to try call of duty.. yumyum..

personally i will wait until my projector has died, then i can get rid of the tv at the same time..

xbox360 titles are also avail for download, but i really have no idea if there is an easy system à la hd loader or OS like on the old xboxes to simplyfy the enjoyment.. let me know if you find out..

on a second note, it doesn't seem like anyone's cracked it yet.. read the group news in this nfo, (this is the latest game release on the 360 i could find)

http://www.nforce.nl/nfos/shownfoblack.php?nfoid=103423

One thing I'm also waiting for is to see what DVD format wins... BlueRay/HDDVD

I really want to order one of these for the world cup...
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/lcd_w3706mc?c=ch&cs=chdhs1&l=de&s=dhs

Durch eine HD-Auflösung von 1366x768 erhalten Sie mit mehr als einer Million Pixel auf dem Bildschirm rasiermesserscharfe Einzelbilder und Video-Wiedergaben.

supports 1080i but not natively.. !! that would be 1920x1050....... but for 37" it will prolly be ok.. ('?)

what is also important is to see it IRL to see that it's what you like ;-)

i think they will co-exist, too much money has been pooled into the projects; and after a few months someone will have both technologies and make a multiformat read/writer.. just like with DVD-R(w) and +R(w).. i hope.. either that or one format will be crowned the superior.. and the other scrapped.. we need to see an end user comparisson...

but who knows..

OK... I really want to by this f'ing tv now... The two shite things with it, is it's name and that it's only 1366x768 .... I've found cheaper models from Videaoseven and Sky Media (????) and I also found BENQ DV3750 with full res for 2000 swissy ... but the reviews are a bit shit ...... so confused .. ahhhhhhhhh at least it's Friday ......

just don't rush it... and read more than one review.. ;-)

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2255

Only the 60gig PS3 is coming out with HDMI ... the XboX360 doesn't even ahve HDMÎ... they will probably have HDMI adaptor available for the user who want it....

http://interviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/1190/Xbox-360-Interview-Todd-Holmdahl/p1/

... btw I'm in love with HDMI, if you haven't noticed :-) 1 cable for glorious 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 , 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i .... One Cable .... ( Just realised that it doesn't do stereo)

Uncompressed high-definition video
Compressed or uncompressed multi-channel audio
Intelligent format & command data

give me give me give me ......

http://www.hdmi.org/

First HDMI PCI card coming soon... should cost sub 200 swissy...
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31619

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31668