High Def Confusion

I know that huge amounts of technology, standards, and terminology that come along with these fancy new HDTV's can be seriously confusing. And I realize that setting the things up correctly is not always the most obvious thing to do. However, it's not rocket surgery by any stretch of the imagination, and I find this article a bit scary. If you live in one of the country's estimated 20 million homes with HDTV sets, please listen up, as I have an important tip for you: if the picture you see isn't ridiculously better than what you were used to from your old TV, you're not watching a program in HD. I don't care what it says at the start of the show.

That approximate half of HD sets in the country aren't able to watch HD programs on their fancy sets reminds me of a funny (if perhaps statistically inaccurate) aphorism: half of the population is dumber than the average American. I wish all of us happy and smart holiday seasons.