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Well, I've got quite a cheapass setup myself. -V I am now format neutral. KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!  -V Genji II - REAL TIME WEAPON SWITCHING  -V Since I found Serenity (the best HD DVD there is, ever)...  The goods: TV = Philips 30PW8420 Xbox 180 w/ XBMC via component @ 480p Xbox 360 w/ HD DVD addon via component @ 1080i PlayStation 3 (20gb represent!!) via HDMI (audio out via composite audio) @ 720p/1080i Wide Open West cable box (digital basic with ABC/NBC/Fox/CBS in HD) Aiwa something or other. In the process of upgrading to a decent Onkyo 5.1 HTIB For what it's worth, the CRT cost less than my 360 itself (not including the HD add-on). It's a wonderful TV, and it supports 480i/480p/1080i natively (and accepts 720p signals, and converts them to 1080i). Wonderful TV for the price, but it is a CRT which people seem to think are so last year. I watched half of Superman Returns on HD at my friend's place (56" Sammy DLP), and the other half on my setup. The colors on the DLP were terrible (although his TV is not calibrated in any way), very muddy blacks, not very vibrant at all. There's no substitute for a nice CRT, in an age of flat panel units. If anyone's interested in the TV, it's available at Philips' outlet page for $300 + tax (free shipping last I saw). Only downside is no ATSC tuner, which is available in a model which is essentially the same, but $100 more. Side note - Casino Royale on BD completely justified the PS3 purchase.
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http://xylon.haloapplications.com/ Check out King Kong (HD), Casino Royale (BD), and Serenity (HD). Reasons enough to make the plunge to HD/BD, especially if you have an HDTV. As for your quips about "wrong resolution", I'm pretty drat happy with the picture quality, for as much as I paid. As I said, the image quality on my cheapo set was worlds ahead of my friend's (1080p) DLP. I'm happy with my purchase. I've gotten some wonderful mileage out of CRTs - my Dell P1130 was about $130, and it's the best monitor I've ever used. That baby supports 1080p, but it's not wide. I'll probably be using it with my HD DVD drive to take some screenshots.
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