Well, I was the same way, I was like, "Eh, HD, whatever, TV is TV, its all the same" Then i got spoiled. Watched a few football games (real and American) and played a lot of Halo 3 on the HD flat screen in my neighbor's room in the dorm at school, and man what a difference when I went back to my lame ass set. I am saving up my money to get me one cause its awesome.