I read a while back that the on-top-of-things folks at MIT's Media Lab believe that by the time HDTV becomes widely available, it will be obsolete, or that the "conversion" to HDTV is at best a misguided postponement of better technology. Anyone care to comment on THAT part of the issue? Melinda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It didn't take me long to realize that by doing mean and antisocial things you can shake the world up and make it more interesting. It's taken me longer to realize that by doing completely benevolent things, you can also really shake the world up." -- Penn Jillette Melinda M. Hale 195 Highland Avenue [log in to unmask] Somerville, MA 02143 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~