OK. As I said elsewhere, good luck, I'll be thinking of you.

Bought a 1080 50" plasma a couple of months ago - brilliant clarity with the Blu-Ray, but unless it's hooked up to an HD cable box, programs can be a bit fuzzy due to the bigger screen. I love it, esp taking into consideration that since I moved to Canada I've had a cheapy 17" CRT with green blob in the corner of the screen (after the house was zapped by lightning, lol!) and for most of this year I haven't had any TV at all!!!

Just purchased a 32" LG LCD HDTV and the picture quality with normal Rogers is very average, worse than on a good CRT. We are collecting our HD box tomorrow, so hopefully this will improve things substantially. I even took the original Samsung we purchased back to the shop, such was the lack of clarity and 'ghosting' on the picture. I am not techy enough to make many distinctions between specs, so I am looking forward to HD.

It will help - the standard cable quality here is shocking, miles worse than freeview back in the UK. The HD is better, though they could do with a touch less compression on the picture!

I got a Samsung LCD for the bedroom and can't say I was overly impressed with the quality either... The Panasonic plasma I got for the lounge however is superb.

From what the guy from the cable company told me when he was here the other day, if the shows are broadcast in 480 or 720 - and he says no shows are broadcast (at least in Regina and probably elsewhere) in 1080 at the moment, the only way you would get the benefit of a 1080 TV is by using a blu-ray player. So I guess you buy the 1080 for the future -- if you decide its worth it to you.