We are three weeks from 2004 and only 5% of Americans have HD sets and even less have 16:9 HD....if history is a judge, there is no way we will have mandated 16:9 HD broadcasts only in 2006.Its very difficult to believe 50% or better of Americans will make a 1k+ investment within the next 4 or 5 years.Political correctness will surely delay this thing for a long time without the need to buy analog converters...