I finally made the jump to HDTV and all I can say is that it is awesome!!  My old "natural flat" Proscan was dying, so my new baby is the 40" Sony Bravia XBR2.   So far it is amazing, the 1080i cable in from time warner looks fantastic(looking forward to the new 1080p boxes in march) and DVDs still look amazing to me even though they are only coming in via 480p component.  I think I will probably buy an upconvert dvd player (most likely the Oppo 981HD) while I am waiting for a clear winner on the HD DVD v. Blue Ray battle.

After an 11 year hiatus from upgrading a single entertainment system item, with the exception of an old dvd player, we are really loving the new set.  Can't believe we used that ancient TV for so long(it was old top of the line, fist s-video capable set).  Not to mention our other TV is 16 years old...blegh.