You proudly have your new wide-screen HDTV set delivered to your living room; the little man hooks up your cable box to the set's back; turns it on, and you see a wonderful picture, bright and clear, but it doesn't fill the screen. The little man hits a button on the remote, and, viola, there it is! "Man," you exclaim, "I didn't realize HDTV was so good!" "Yeah," he hesitantly replies, "It's good, ok, but it's not HDTV." Then, after much prying, you surprisingly discover that your cable company does not have an HDTV service, and/or your satellite alternative does not offer local network channels in HDTV. What's even sadder is that in many instances the little man does not go past the "Yeah," and the customer remains convinced he is receiving HDTV, especially when he plays his DVD's

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