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Most panel tvs (lcds and plasma) which are HD run at a native resolution of 720P (or close to it) which means that the panel will have to upconvert the signal from the DVD player (which is 480p if it is a progressive scan player). How well this happens depends on the TV, also a lot of DVD players now do this and will output a 720P signal, it is not true high definition by any means, but it can look nice. If you are certain you are never going to use it for HDTV (and even if you think so now, that will probably change in the future) then ED will be fine for you. In fact standard definition can look worse on an low-end HDTV because the TV may not do a good job of converting the signal to the panels native resolution (this is called scaling, btw). I really wish they did not even make EDTV because as someone else said, it just confuses the situation.

EDTV is 480P which is DVD quality, but most prime time and lots of other shows are in HD now and the the picture quality between HDTV and EDTV is substantial. Do not waste money on on an EDTV or you will be kicking yourself later. The only time I would consider a non-HDTV at this point is either for a small child or a small TV such as 15".

Liteon DVD Recorder for $83.OO at Circuit City ($132 - $50 rebate), I got the last one in the store at 6:10 am. Also got the $18 DVD player. Got the $287 15" Magnovox LCD TV at Home Depot Got some other deals at Target and Office Depot, only thing I wanted that I missed out on was a fax at Office Depot which they sold out in the first 15 minutes but only had about 10 in store