> On the other hand, sports, football in particular, are one of the biggest selling points of HDTV and the high resolution picture it provides. Many consumers

> On the other hand, sports, football in particular, are one of the biggest selling points of HDTV and the high resolution picture it provides. Many consumers are not particularly aware of video quality beyond what advertising tells them. So long as the screen is big and they think it is HD (either because the settop box that they plugged in wrong says "HD" on it, or because marketing has told them that 720p is the bees knees, or whatever), then they are pretty happy. Buffering is something that everyone notices immediately though. That would make or break this.