Well iam going to purchase a DirectTv HD box and go for that route vs. the cable route.. iam not a big fan of the cable companies but to be fair i haven't been a customer for a number of years and things might have changed a bit... so we will see, but like i said iam shopping around now to replace my current DDS box with a new HDTV one. Of course i will be using it with a DVD system too.. so i got that going for me.. but i just know once i see regular DDS on this new tv , and whenever they decide to ship the damn sony... I will be upgrading to HDTV DDS (anymore acronyms?) very soon... at least my HT is ready to go...