Sometimes - admittedly not often - ignorance is bliss. I am seeking to invest in a new TV. Preferably one that will eventually go HD - or so I'd thought. But not too expensive - I don't really watch enough TV (or earn enough!) to justify huge expense.

Being backward in these things (as you'll spot quite quickly, if you're a 21st century person reading this!) it took me a while to figure out where to begin. I still don't know where to begin. I suspect that I want "HD ready" rather than 'Full HD" since I sort of gather that one of those will work with an ordinary digital box. I also sort of know that I want 1920 x 1080 pixels 1080p resolution, which I have found. I mean, found the 1 within my price range was not full HD.

Because my TV diet is very plain and I like it that way, since 'going digital' I have been content with 'Freeview' (the free provider of digital TV in the UK). I've had no desire for any of the pay-per-view stuff. Of course, when I say 'like it', I exclude those agonising occasions when my picture goes 'blocky'.

My research has discovered that 2 British terrestrial TV companies have launched 'Freesat' to provide a similar service for HD in 2009, so I decided that this was the thing for me........

.....Until I awakened to something that was pretty obvious had I not already been so confused already: 'sat' refers to satellite dishes and I abhor the sight of satellite dishes on houses. So tacky. So 'chav'. I loathe them so much that if that's the only way to get HD, I'd almost rather do without. My semi-wilful ignorance ceased to be bliss.

So I'm trying to concentrate on getting a really effective digital tuner. And aerial. And recorder (or can I still use my PVR?)

At least I think that's what I want, since I'll obviously never be able to get HD.

Will I? :cry: