[727pilot@usa.co]

You guys are confusing two issues here.

Digital TV is what the stations will be broadcasting over the air. It may or may not be Hi Definition. A lot of stations, particularly the public service ones, have been broadcasting digital for some time. Many of these are not High Definition.

So, yes, you will need a converter box to get from digital to analog TV.

High Definition can come in several flavors, and just to confuse the issue some manufacturers are selling "Extended Definition" TV sets. This is because untill recently they could not make the pixels small enough on Plasma and LCD TV's to get true High Definition.

We have a Sony LCD projection that is one of the very first produced. (I always make sure to get mine before the price goes down) It has been great since the day we got it. It does not have a digital converter built in. We use an external box to get our HD over the air. We also get HD and digital from our Dish Network setup. For the most part HD is fabulous and we love it. You can see the difference between over the air HD and that provided by Dish. The Dish signal is compressed to take up less bandwidth on the satellite, and it shows.

The price on TV's is dropping like a stone. When you buy get the biggest, highest definition you can afford and enjoy!