HD TV, HD DVDs, digital radio

This week Ross is visiting Slovakia and Tim and Dominik discuss High Definition TVs and video players. First some news:

• Amazon starts an MP3 download service
• Woman in US loses  court case with RIAA for sharing music

What we discussed about HD TV:

• What is HD? Resolution of monitor 720 or 1080 vertical pixels
• Why buy or not buy an HD TV? Not enough HD video sources! Sky HD and some cable.
• Differences between plasma and LCD?
• Why not buy Blueray or HD DVD yet? We shouldn't encourage the format wars!
• For regular DVDs on an HD TV you need an upscaling or upconverting DVD player.