Nitpick: HDTV tech came about, depending how you count, in ~1980. There were lobbying efforts to bring it to the US in 1987. Seinfeld came out 1989. References

Nitpick: HDTV tech came about, depending how you count, in ~1980. There were lobbying efforts to bring it to the US in 1987. Seinfeld came out 1989. References: http://ecee.colorado.edu/~ecen4242/marko/TV_History/related%20standards/HDTV_Past.htm http://ecee.colorado.edu/~ecen4242/marko/TV_History/related%... http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/first-hdtv.htm http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/first-hdtv.htm