Not that I've been following the details of the HDTV debate
on Screen-L, but . . .
If you've had the opportunity to see HDTV, you'll understand
its significance.  Of all people, Gary Parsons should have had
such a chance, since he works at a place--and, no, it isn't
MIT, which does NOT have a lock on everything great and
wonderful--where HDTV research is ongoing.  In fact, my
opportunity to see HDTV came at that university.
HDTV is not just bigger.  Its resolution is extraordinary.  It
does somehow make you feel as though you are there.
 Harriet Margolis