Buck: In a way I agree with you. HDTV will never reach any great heights as the developers propose. HDTV is seen as an equal medium for all tape and television formats around the world. HDTV developers hope to monopolize on the standards market by making NTSC, PAL, and SECAM obsolete. This, however, will never work because of people in this business being stubborn enough not to give up something which has proven successful for them. paradoxically yours, michael k. kuentz