On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:18:40 -0500, wrote:

I suppose I will have no choice but to buy a convertor, but I surely
will make a big fuss about it with whatever governmental agency is
behind this conspiracy to promote the sales of HDTVs

The only argument in the government's favor is that HDTV transmissions
are digital and require only a narrow bandwidth. This frees up a lot
of very valuable bandwidth for other non-TV applications. Digital
signals of course allow a lot of extra services, interactive services,
etc. Offhand I can't think of any compelling ones yet that wil make
me want to buy a HDTV set .