Congratulations, you don't have an HDTV. Here's your cookie
by Richard Lawler 
posted Jan 7th 2006 at 4:36PM
I read an interesting piece on Bit-tech today, in it the author goes to
great length to tell the world how well off he is without an HDTV and how he doesn't really need one even for the Xbox
360 that he doesn't have yet. Why buy an HDTV?, there's hardly any programming and the games look just fine on the TV
he proudly bought 6 years ago.First, there are several things I agree with him on. There has been much misinformation spread about how HDTV works, whether or not you'll see a benefit to your next generation games without an HDTV, etc. Anyone who tells you they can't tell the difference between Xbox and Xbox 360 games no matter what the TV, is blind or simply trying to attract attention. Comparing screenshots of ports is only relevant if you are planning on buying your next gen console to play last gen games. Also, there is somewhat limited HDTV programming available, especially in England where the writer appears to be from, which besides being overrun by wolves is also only just recently starting to have HD broadcasts become available.
With all that, you might start to think, why should I buy an HDTV? Here's why.
